Election 2012: Third Presidential Debate

3rd & 7 37yd

Wait...valves? What?

by Kai Ryssdal via twitter 10/23/2012 2:20:41 AM
Another update on the evening's other faceoffs:
SF 7 St L 0 top of the sixth
Chicago Bears 10 Detroit Lions 0 -- at the half

by Mark Stencel / NPR 10/23/2012 2:20:45 AM
Is it just me or has Romney not really showed up tonight?

by Kwblan 10/23/2012 2:21:01 AM
Counterfeit bayonets are made in China.

by DaliSalvadorAde 10/23/2012 2:21:16 AM
humor wins them over everytime

by Matt Skeels 10/23/2012 2:31:00 AM
Obama did better but both kind of flubbed tonight

by Erin 10/23/2012 2:31:20 AM
Is the election over yet? I'd like to know where all these jobs are going to come form? Will the major corporations with huge cash stashes suddenly cut loose and hire. I hardly think so...

by Rikki 10/23/2012 2:31:32 AM
i think we would get much further if they stopped pointing out why they each other is a loser. And just tell what they are going to do. I say vote for anyone else who can just answer the questions!!!

by James 10/23/2012 2:31:40 AM
Romney will have a natural advantage by speaking both first and last

by America America! 10/23/2012 2:31:48 AM
can we love big bird and bayonets?

by ROB 10/23/2012 2:40:44 AM
Obama won on debate points --says CNN contributor David Gergen

by edo 10/23/2012 2:40:52 AM
No Jeff it did not change my mind

by Erin 10/23/2012 2:41:16 AM
41min to 41min wow

by joekay 10/23/2012 2:41:24 AM
I am a true Independent, always splitting my ticket when necessary. I think Obama display the clearer and more consistent message. I am still very unclear what Romney is proposing.

by Mark 10/23/2012 2:41:32 AM
@jeffbradynpr - yes, I'm voting for Honey Boo Boo.

by BroncoBuck 10/23/2012 2:41:36 AM
romney may well be a good man, but somehow i just can't believe him.

by dinny marie 10/23/2012 2:41:44 AM
Dee..if you have priced hay lately, you won't feel any better about switching to horses. Gas in my car is much cheaper than hay in my horse these days.

by Cleopatya 10/23/2012 2:42:04 AM
Obama condescending - post debate theme.

by TomKaz 10/23/2012 2:42:08 AM
Its too bad we have to hear the same old same old- fluff for the simple minded

by Howard 10/23/2012 2:42:12 AM
I guess it just shows that if Obama has enough prep time and enough advisors, he can come up with something. What happens when he is not prepared is what we saw in the first debate. Disaster.

by Dan 10/23/2012 2:42:20 AM
Obama has failed to deliver. Time for a new president.

by DB 10/23/2012 2:42:36 AM
@ Mark I think we are all unclear about what Romney is proposing. At least I still am.

by CharM 10/23/2012 2:42:40 AM
The fact that there was a debate makes me proud of America.

by samo 10/23/2012 2:42:52 AM
If anything was apparent in this debate, it was that on a number of issues, the men generally agree, whether it was Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran and support of Israel. There remains a difference on China where Romney says he would label them a currency manipulator. Obama declines to go there.

by Frank James / NPR 10/23/2012 2:43:24 AM
@ samo -- What debate?

by Top 10/23/2012 2:43:33 AM
@DB -- It's not as if BOOM--economy is magically fixed in four years!

by Top 10/23/2012 2:47:27 AM
Unemployment is at 7.8%, so yeah, we are doing better. It's just not as fast as you'd want. But that's the nature of this recession. It will take a while to bounce back, but we are getting better.

by BigJ 10/23/2012 2:47:41 AM
Robert, Long Beach - you nailed it!

by KS 10/23/2012 2:47:44 AM
Not only have I been persuaded to choose Obama after this, I only wish I could vote today.

by Thank you NPR for the live... 10/23/2012 2:47:52 AM
I want the Romney oops about geography to get play, but I doubt it will given most American's knowledge of geography...

by CharM 10/23/2012 2:48:00 AM
@NPRLiz I think think he is realizing that you can not just strong arm around these countries on a diplomatic mission and it makes him look like war monger

by joekay 10/23/2012 2:48:04 AM
Oh! There are 2 "Dee"s here. Hmmh.

by Dee 10/23/2012 2:48:12 AM
Obama apparently didn't know aircraft carriers are ships and the Marines still use bayonets.

by TomKaz 10/23/2012 2:48:24 AM
I'm voting tonight for Obama. Four more years under his leadership will move the county in a better direction both for the economy and for national security.

by Independent voter 10/23/2012 2:48:28 AM
To be a good leader you have to play many sides of many issues. A leader must balance with a sense of forceful ,yet balanced approach.

by Matt 10/23/2012 2:49:16 AM
I'm voting for the President.

by Tim W. 10/23/2012 2:49:28 AM
@TomKaz - I think you missed the point

by Daniel Bartels 10/23/2012 2:49:44 AM
Romney can be excused for his geography oops seeing as how Obama said there were 57 states.

by Jason Morgan 10/23/2012 2:49:52 AM
Scott Horsley and Ari Shapiro look very tan. Welcome to Florida guys!

by Chris 10/23/2012 2:50:01 AM
Are you saying what you believe or what you want others to think?

by Tim 10/23/2012 2:50:04 AM
Obama is still a rookie 4 years into his presidency. We can't stand for his type of leadership for 4 more years.

by Matt 10/23/2012 2:50:04 AM
Obama - no question

by forrester 10/23/2012 2:50:08 AM
To be honest, their postions on foreign policy is not going to sway my vote as much as domestic issues are, and they know that. That is why the shift all the time to domestic and away from the FP debate. The middle east is going to continue to fight, just the way they have for centuries.

by Dan 10/23/2012 2:50:16 AM
He didn't say they don't use bayonets, just that there are less of them now

by Hello 10/23/2012 2:50:20 AM
As it is obvious from the comments tonight, as a nation, we are more divided as a nation than I can ever remember. I am voting for Romney and hope he can work across the aisle.

by newtoncd84 10/23/2012 2:53:56 AM