◼ Best proof Romney won? I’m watching MSNBC for the reaction - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion
Romney is very cleverly turning foreign policy into an appeal to women. #2012◼ Did Romney just move another small step toward the presidency? - Paul Mirengoff/Powerline
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) October 23, 2012
Romney: “Attacking me is not an agenda.” Fantastic. Debate over.
— benshapiro (@benshapiro) October 23, 2012
Romney just jabbed Obama about the ‘flexibility after the election’ comment to Medvedev
— Greta Van Susteren (@gretawire) October 23, 2012
Eventually, once he felt he had accomplished his primary mission, Romney did what I have been advocating – tying our current ills to that fact that Obama presented an appearance of weakness early in his administration. He cited Obama’s pre-election promises to negotiate with the world’s leading bad guys, his apology tour, and his stated desire to put daylight between the U.S. and Israel.◼ Wrap up: The third debate; Update: Insta-polls coming in
When Obama tried to laugh of the notion that he had undertaken an apology tour, Romney quoted the president’s criticism of the U.S. in Cairo and other stops in the Middle East, and added that Obama had declined to make Israel one of his stops. And Romney mixed in the fact that a majority of Democratic Senators had written to Obama complaining about his treatment of Israel. Devastating across the board. Let’s hope that people were still watching.
The nearly universal consensus on Twitter is that Romney won by holding his own, which is all a challenger needs to do in a foreign-policy debate. After watching him talk about international affairs for 90 minutes, does he seem like a guy you’d trust with the button? If yes, then mission accomplished.◼ ROMNEY WINS, BY A BAYONET - Joel Pollak. Breitbart's BIG Peace
◼ Presidential debate: Sharp reaction to Obama's 'bayonet' - Katie Glueck/Politico
So far, “horses and bayonets” line by O the best of the night at #debates.◼ Chris Matthews Rants: 'Right Wing' Driven by 'Racial Hatred' to Get Rid of Obama (Video for your entertainment) - Newsbusters
— Howard Fineman (@howardfineman)
“horses and bayonets” is the new “binders”
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak)
Big Bird, binders and bayonets. #presidentialdebates
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur)
Seeing a lot of outrage from military folks on Obama’s two sequestration jokes, esp. on the bayonets. A lot.
— Ellen Carmichael (@ellencarmichael)
I guess that’s one thing you don’t learn as president. RT @pambestederWow! Just heard on Fox News that Marines STILL use bayonets!
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter)
Does China sell us bayonets? Because we can cancel that order.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg)
Heh: RT @jpodhoretz Obama just lost the Civil War reenactors with that attack on bayonets.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin)
Next time you hear the "horses and bayonets" soundbite, remember this is the man who still can't say what went wrong in Benghazi
- Debra Burlingame @DebraBurlingame
HORRIBLE news for Obama in new PPP poll: Losing 49-47, Romney's favs 50/45 -- O is 45/51. R's favs with women 47/47. All about the MO.
- John Nolte @NolteNC
