Can we stop with the lying bit? Is everyone you disagree with a liar? There are cases where politicians do lie, but often they are stating their opinion or policy preferences or they are obfuscating (which does get close).

Ryan has described his and Romney's plan to fix Medicare. Now you may think it is wrong and will not work and that is fine, but it is sickening to hear people call them liars for that. That is simply a method for not having to engage in substantive debates about policy. It also contributes to a lack of trust in our social institutions.

Such as? Like voting for the Iraq war?

Is it just me or does Raddatz seem to be slanting her questions to be biased against the Obama administration? She seems to question tangential contentions of Biden's response critically, and only haltingly questions Ryan with softballs, while ignoring his whoppers.

If it's a living thing, let's add nine months to everyone's age. What, then, is birth?

If it's a living thing, let's add nine months to everyone's age. What, then, is birth?

If I purposefully kicked a woman in the abdomen knowing she was pregnant and with the intent to end the pregnancy, should that be considered assault or murder?

Of course it's a living thing, a tree is a living thing, but obviously the argument is over when it becomes a living person.

And then, the Red Folks, in declaring that life begins at the cocktail hour, sheesh.

As if they never even consider the plight of Dependency Syndromes out there.
Some women do not have the Right to say no to the man of the house, according to Dick of course.
So every four years we have the Reds threatening to ban abortion without any solutions for the problems of relational or domestic abuse.

Instead, the Reds call the victim a whore about it.

sure, ok

as a society, we should obviously strive to be 'pro-life'...abortion is totally disgusting.

however, i always side with the woman. whatever her needs be. sure, there might be a fraction of the population that gets abortion after abortion and doesn't learn the notion of 'personal responsibility'. but i like to believe that the majority of people who ultimately decide to get abortions have logical reasons for getting one -- abortions aren't an 'on a whim' decision; the potential mothers have measured the options and are likely not enthusiastic about either one.

but ultimately, it's not productive for society to require women to keep children they do not want. and it certainly doesn't seem right in the age of 'personal responsibility' and 'limited government' to even think about defining life as beginning at erection and therefore expanding abortion limitations. let a woman do what she needs to do with her body as long as she is 'carrying' this object.

This is already a much better showing by Obama. If fact, in my opinion, he's dominating Romney.

Obama seemed to fight on Republican terms too often in conceding so many Republican talking points like the government can't create jobs hogwash. I don't think he was effective enough to make up for the ground lost two weeks ago. Although, I could be overcompensating for anything less than a debate TKO being a good performance.

What does everyone else think about the overall performance for each candidate and who won?