All one has to do is find one thing that Obama said he would accomplish that he did accomplish and your statement that he never followed through on any of his promises. He got Obamacare passed, and that, in my opinion, was a great accomplishment as well as the fulfillment of a promise. It is true that Republicans kept him from achieving many other things he wanted to achieve. But your statement is the usual Republican hyperbole. It is false.

Richard, my opinion is that the president approached this debate the same way that he approaches his job, half heartedly somehow thinking that his silver tongue would pull him through. The press has refused to do their job in asking the president the hard questions that they have asked every other president and tonight he was finally held to some sort of account... It will only get worse in the next two debates because as we see the middle east melting down and the resurgence of Al Queda his Bin Laden's dead slogan will not hold up to a real look into his foreign policy.... the events of this last month keep getting uglier and uglier for the president as his lack of efforts in several areas are finally coming to light... He is a rock star, but he is not a leader and he can not stand shoulder to shoulder with Romney in a setting like this and BS his way out of it... That was clearly evident tonight.

Well you are right Richard it is my opinion and I will not deny that I am partisan as that has clearly been on display over the course of the last few months... It is hard to evaluate Romney's tax plan without having more information about it.. I saw in another discussion that he was also raising personal exemptions, you also need to consider that about 1/2 the country pays no mortgage so in true democratic fashion I would ask of you if it is not somehow fair that that deduction not go away? But at any rate, we will see tomorrow what some of the fact checkers have come up with. I did however like his firmness when he said that he will not be placing a higher burden on the middle class, to me he seemed sincere, I know for you that may be harder to believe just as I don't believe most of what comes from the Obama campaign.

Take care, I'm going to sleep...

Richard, my opinion is that the president approached this debate the same way that he approaches his job, half heartedly somehow thinking that his silver tongue would pull him through. The press has refused to do their job in asking the president the hard questions that they have asked every other president and tonight he was finally held to some sort of account... It will only get worse in the next two debates because as we see the middle east melting down and the resurgence of Al Queda his Bin Laden's dead slogan will not hold up to a real look into his foreign policy.... the events of this last month keep getting uglier and uglier for the president as his lack of efforts in several areas are finally coming to light... He is a rock star, but he is not a leader and he can not stand shoulder to shoulder with Romney in a setting like this and BS his way out of it... That was clearly evident tonight.

Mattie, that is "Sweety" not Missus. Did anyone other than me notice the two latino women on the MSNBC panel after the debate? The moderator pointed out that they are one of the groups Obama is going after and when asked if they would vote for him they responded that they would because of "likeability". The woman on the top sais she would vote for Obama because he "looked into the camera more, he looked right into millions of homes". The other one said she was impressed by Obama because "she didn't know any millionaires". There you have it, a great representation of Obama's supporters and the Latino community.

Mattie, that is "Sweety" not Missus. Did anyone other than me notice the two latino women on the MSNBC panel after the debate? The moderator pointed out that they are one of the groups Obama is going after and when asked if they would vote for him they responded that they would because of "likeability". The woman on the top sais she would vote for Obama because he "looked into the camera more, he looked right into millions of homes". The other one said she was impressed by Obama because "she didn't know any millionaires". There you have it, a great representation of Obama's supporters and the Latino community.

Just finished watching Romney and Obama in the debate. Romney was much smoother than I have ever before seen him -- but still lying and trying to sell snake oil deceptively.

For instance, let's look at his statement that he won't raise taxes. One of his oft-repeated goals, he has said repeatedly in past months, is that he will achieve his financial goals "without raising taxes." He has also stated that he will achieve much of this by closing "loopholes," and one of the loopholes he intends to close is the household mortgage interest deduction.

Well, now, let's look at the math. If you are buying a house and paying $1,000/month in interest, which is a low amount here in California, that means you no longer get to deduct 12 x 1,000 from your income. Let us assume you stay within the 15% tax bracket on your earnings. Fifteen percent of $12,000 is $1,800, which is the additional amount you will have to pay on your income tax. No, Romney won't raise taxes. He will achieve the same thing by not allowing you deductions you have had for years, and effectively by making you pay more.

Romney is a snake oil salesman.