A few more thoughts on the debate from last night:
We talked briefly last night about Candy Crowley's interference in the Libya discussion. The more I think about that, the more I realize that she actually did the Romney campaign a favor. Because of the ham-handed way she intervened, she essentially guaranteed that the discussion concerning who said what and when will continue throughout the week. And since she walked back what she did not more than an hour afterward, she probably gave the Romney campaign a week's worth of ad materials.
I don't know who is responsible on the Republican side for negotiating the debate formats, but you would be hard pressed to imagine a less hospitable venue than the New York area for a debate. Hofstra University is located in Hempstead, NY, out on Long Island. While Long Island tends to be more Republican than, say, midtown Manhattan, it's still pretty blue territory. When you couple the location with the all MSM moderator lineup, you begin to wonder how a Republican could get a fair shake. Still, Romney held his own in a hostile environment.
I noticed on my Facebook feed that my lefty friends were having a lot of fun with Mitt Romney's statement that he had "binders" of women or somesuch. Assuming that Romney wins, this is excellent news for Jacob Weisberg, who made a lucrative income repackaging George W. Bush's malapropisms in a variety of ways. The gravy train may be coming back, Mr. Weisberg, and my old college pals are gonna be demanding more.
So who won the debate? Let's poll it:
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