Election 2012: Second Presidental Debate, Town Hall

3rd & 7 37yd

Romney claims that George W. didn't champion small business like him.

by KUHF News 10/17/2012 1:50:07 AM
Note how Obama doesn't mention Bush even though the questioner opened the door for him to do that. Do they have a secret presidential pact or something?

by Frank James / NPR 10/17/2012 1:50:09 AM
Ari has it right.

by worried 10/17/2012 1:50:17 AM
romney "i'll crack down on china - president bush didnt… i'm going to get us to a balanced budget - president bush didnt" #debates

by sgeorgenpr via twitter 10/17/2012 1:50:17 AM
Romney needs to quit whining about time

by identifynine 10/17/2012 1:50:21 AM
At some point, Kevin Madden and David Plouffe will dash from the wings and spray gatorade into their respective candidates' open mouths.

by David Folkenflik via twitter 10/17/2012 1:50:37 AM
Romney is avoiding the question about how similar he is to Bush and Bush's administration.

by Forward 10/17/2012 1:50:45 AM
I'm sorry, I dozed off. What did I miss.

by Kai Ryssdal via twitter 10/17/2012 1:51:01 AM
Whee is Romney's five point plan in writing with details? I am tired of hearing about it.

by Ron from Colorado 10/17/2012 1:51:01 AM
Was it really a "very different time" during the Bush administration?

by maryamoeba 10/17/2012 1:51:06 AM
Is it just me or does Obama seem TIRED? I don't blame him... I'm just curious...

by Amy Christine 10/17/2012 1:51:14 AM
Obama is supporting George W. Bush on social policy.

by KUHF News 10/17/2012 1:51:18 AM
Uh oh. We're not supposed to talk about Bush...

by Melody Baker Ramdon 10/17/2012 1:51:25 AM
OK, so Obama mentions Bush. He's saying Romney is worse than Bush. Wow.

by Frank James / NPR 10/17/2012 1:51:25 AM
2-0 #Tigers.

by Kai Ryssdal via twitter 10/17/2012 1:51:29 AM
Why wasn't the chair invited to this debate?

by Gobama 10/17/2012 1:51:37 AM
Subtract points for repeated arguments. #debates

by heyavie via twitter 10/17/2012 1:51:45 AM
What was that question. Was it inflation? Was it what have you done for me lately? What?

by Kai Ryssdal via twitter 10/17/2012 1:52:00 AM
Obama crying to the monitor is so beneath the Office. He's like a kid on the floor of a store crying for a toy from his mother.

by Michael Murphy 10/17/2012 1:52:29 AM
Wow, this has really strayed from the question...

by Debate Listener 10/17/2012 1:52:37 AM
so, this is more like a performance or acting more than anything else.

by pit tan 10/17/2012 1:52:37 AM
Not just you, he's aged just as the magazines predicted he would when he won in 2008

by grendel 10/17/2012 1:53:53 AM
Obama is being rude imo. His questions always turn into stories.

by Devourment 10/17/2012 1:54:01 AM
"i voted for you in 2008, what have you done to earn my vote in 2012..." good concise question #debates

by sgeorgenpr via twitter 10/17/2012 1:54:02 AM
If the issues ar the same, how could we expect different responses people??

by krsnell 10/17/2012 1:54:05 AM
Amy -- he doesn't seem nearly as tired as 2 weeks ago -- in fact I think he's very engaged

by john C 10/17/2012 1:54:13 AM
.@marketplaceapm, over to you. RT @Snowybike: @kairyssdal the typing sound on the marketplace live blog is really annoying

by Kai Ryssdal via twitter 10/17/2012 1:54:33 AM
Obama compaining about the national defecit he inherited from Bush. Strange for the man who doubled it.

by SSGT 5 10/17/2012 1:54:33 AM
Of course it's acting. It's politics :)

by Kb 10/17/2012 1:54:33 AM
Obama is trying to unite the social issues of the Democrats to economics. Changing the narrative!

by beingandbrian 10/17/2012 1:54:41 AM
Totally agree. It seems the cost of living is so expensive. Interested to hear this answer!

by Melissa Agawa 10/17/2012 1:55:57 AM
@Ron point 5 of the plan is to draft the specifics. lol

by B 10/17/2012 1:56:10 AM
unlike the last pres debate obama is tying romney to republican leadership in congress - using the line "he said me too" #debates

by sgeorgenpr via twitter 10/17/2012 1:56:10 AM
Such a dull event.

by Barbara 10/17/2012 1:56:14 AM
@suzie... Me too! Where would we be if the Congress couldn't shut every single thing down that Obama tried to do?

by spinnmama 10/17/2012 1:56:30 AM
Romney: "The middle class is getting crushed under Obama."

by KUHF News 10/17/2012 1:56:34 AM
Romney's and Obama's messages both boil down to, "It can be better than it is now. But only if you pick me."

by Ari Shapiro via twitter 10/17/2012 1:56:34 AM
Obama is probably tired - Presidents don't work a 40 hour work week!

by Dahloan Hembree 10/17/2012 1:56:38 AM
Romney actually us wrong. Obama never said the the jobless rate would be 5.4 percent. His economic team put out a forecast even before Inauguration Day that cited that percentage but with many caveats. They warned that it was very inexact.

by Frank James / NPR 10/17/2012 1:56:50 AM
They can't subtract points for repeating points, that is how they hammer in their message.

by Cai 10/17/2012 1:56:54 AM
CNN clock says Obama has spoken more than 3 minutes more than Romney. How will that zero out?

by Shirish Date / NPR 10/17/2012 1:57:09 AM
I get a sense that their is actually a great deal of restraint on both sides. Just duke it out and get it over with guys.

by FloridaDem 10/17/2012 1:57:09 AM
@ Frank James, the President is certainly not in the middle class, so that was certainly not honest.

by retired_USMC_Vet 10/17/2012 1:57:22 AM
Since #SketchyDeal is trending, let's look at the term's origins: "Sketchy lexicography" via @languagelog: ow.ly

by Mark Stencel / NPR via twitter 10/17/2012 1:57:41 AM
Obama promised to introduce immigration bill but didn't? True. ow.ly #debate

by PolitiFact via twitter 10/17/2012 1:57:46 AM