Who the heck is Candy Crowley?

Why can't the moderators just let the candidates debate?  Obama could have said that he said it was a terrorist attack.  He'd be lying, then, instead of the moderator.

3 minutes is a lot of time when you're talking, and that's how much extra time she gave Obama, as well.

If you really believed in Obama's chances, you wouldn't need to cheat.

As a former tv reporter, I can say in my experience it is easy to believe people like you and think your opinion matters when you're talking to a camera that can't talk back.  Go long enough without challenge, without hate mail, and it is very easy to just slide into the belief that you know more than everyone else...because HEY it is your job and people LISTEN to you.

(Until you meet someone in the grocery store who wants a piece of your butt or spends 30 minutes detailing your errors ... lol...but that's another story.)

Candy bought into her own hype.  She believed she had the right to interject herself into the debate, take sides, and America would love her for it.  (In my experience, most media types believe they're the sword arm of the "average joe" against gov, big business, any potential big enemy that a might crush a single individual.)  I'm sure she's fairly agog this morning at the backlash.  And horrified at the way her own CNN correspondents have thrown her under the bus. 

The first woman since 1992 to moderate, and she screwed up.  I know that shouldn't matter, but it does to me.  When you consider how many women are in the media, to go since 1992, 20 years, 4 election cycles, with no female moderator? 

She just made an excellent case for delaying it another 20 years.

Shesh. 

Actually, in 4 years I hope they have a female moderator who is anxious to prove that they can do it right, and do so.

Too bad nobody asks the right questions about reproductive health for women.  Like why midwives aren't covered by insurance plans, and why nobody is doing anything about that.  That choice, you know, one that has nothing to do with killing babies, has been taken away in many places.  The choice of the location of birth, who is attending, etc. is attacked but the choice to destroy the life is okay.  I don't understand.  Anyway, what are these guys going to do about our economy being in the toilet?  Anything? 

I felt that she was trying too hard... probably because of how well Martha Raddatz did in the VP debate...

Regardless

Debate 2

Obama couldn't have performed like this in the 1st debate, because he had no idea what bullshit Romney would be spewing.

Obama wins the election, unless something radical happens, like he punches a baby or something.

Despite not liking Obama's policies, I doubt he would intentionally punch a baby in an election year.

Obama's done worse....

Crowley had a chance and she blew it. Her liberal bias trumped neutrality.

I like an optimist!  But I hope you're wrong.  Four more years of this?  Seriously, even if Romney can't do anything about the economy, just a change in command will garner more confidence.  BO's face will forever be linked with debt and death. 

Really great point Jyth!  And so true. 

I don't think anyone was surprised....but you know I always hold out a little faith in the human race.

I keep waiting for someone to tell me, "Wait, yes, that was totally addressed right here in Obamacare."  That's what I really want.  Then again, I still don't like his mandatory coverages that infringe upon business owner's religious rights.

Monitored 3 live blogs of the debate rather than watch it & vomit.  Seemed to be more or less a draw, allowing for how Crowley crapped on Romney's responses (not just Libya, BTW) and kept throwing BO lifelines.  Her choice of questions was predictable, save for the one on Libya - even given that, the way it went down, hard to believe it wasn't telegraphed to BO's people beforehand.  Came off as way too convenient a setup, an attempt to give BO a shot at neutralizing the issue.  On that score, I think it failed.

Obama slithered out of the debate without answering the Libya question on security and Candy Crowley who looks like the love child of Dudley Moore and Fred Gwynn helped him.

Is it really relevant what Candy Crowley looks like?

Probably not, but it didn't stop me from doing it.