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He came to the second debate, thoroughly prepared for the first debate. he said the same lines, often using the same words that he had said two weeks ago. so he had telegraphed every line, he had telegraphed his arguments. the president knew what he was going to say and was prepared to box him, to call him, to hold him accountable. secondly, on style, romney was like the hall monitor. and then he was lake a frustrated guy who, because he couldnt have everything his way. you know, if ownership on...

One, romney made a classic mistake. he came to the second debate, thoroughly prepared for the first debate. he said the same lines, often using the same words that he had said two weeks ago. so he had telegraphed every line, he had telegraphed his arguments. the president knew what he was going to say and was prepared to box him, to call him, to hold him accountable. secondly, on style, romney was like the hall monitor. and then he was lake a frustrated guy who, because he couldnt have everythin...

>> actually, candy should have let "fox & friends" make up all the questions, dont you think? i mean, how valid are these complaints? >> oh, absolutely. theyre ridiculous. and you know what, ed heres the thing, theyre really doing mitt romney a disservice. because this whining and complaining about semantics and about the, you know, the questions and about candy really makes it seem like they dont actually have faith that their guy is ready for prime-time. why not -- why dont they have this conv...

Libya exchange last night. it was a lot different than the mitt romney who looked is so confident as he told lie after lie during the debate in denver two weeks ago. back in colorado, we saw a guy named moderate mitt. last night romney tried to fool everyone with moderate mitt once again. watch his very first answer of the night, in response to a question from a college student. >> i want to make sure we keep our pell grant program growing. were also going to have our loan program, so that peopl...

>> bob, you do this all the time. let me make my point. >> i just didnt think you would come -- >> gentleman, gentleman. >> let me just make the point. >> lets restate the question. >> thank you! >> theres been a lot of folks out there who have said there was a clear victory for president obama. but did -- >> i would agree with that. >> but -- you would agree with that, but is there any subject that you think he gained on? you think its libya? >> i think there are two. i think there are two. i t...

In some ways, hes gone to a more extreme place when it comes to social policies. >> this onslaught by president obama put mitt romney in a rough position. just like his answer on libya, romney had to move out of his comfort zone to respond to these allegations. he tried to say that he would be tough on china and president obama blasted him. >> trade. ill crack down on china. president bush didnt. >> when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in compani...

And in the big finish tonight, oh, the whiners are out and about. when the other side complains about the moderator, surrogate john sununu and their buddies at fox news were just hammering away at this point. >> they seem to be clapping what the moderator was say welcome because she sort of weighed in, to help the president. >> im not going to whine about the rules or the moderator. i will say, though, that tonight, point-blank, to the president lied to the american people about libya, i think t...

Outs about what happened in libya two weeks before an election. >> bob, what about that? so i think that there is an opportunity there for romney to stress these points. >> this is neocon nonsense. >> okay. >> the fact of the matter is that the republicans somehow have the illusion that they can make the case that this president has been weak on foreign policy or national security. he has about a 20-point lead on that in most of the polls. so if mitt romney thinks hes going to be back in this ga...

You think its libya? >> i think there are two. i think there are two. i think, again, on the economy, and the instapolls, if you will, after that showed, yes, obama won on the points, but on the substance of the argument and romney laid out, i think, a very good indictment on the economy. hes very effective at making that point and stressing that point. folks, the voters sided with romney 2 to 1 in the cnn poll afterwards. so that is, that is a nice setup for the last debate. the point i was goi...

It is, going into a debate that the last debate only on foreign policy, it opened up a lot of questions that the moderator can dig down on. the presidents going to have to be on point on. theres going to be a timeline thats going to be discussed. and trust me, whether schrum, the democrats and the president does not want to be having this discussion about the ins and outs about what happened in libya two weeks before an election. >> bob, what about that? so i think that there is an opportunity t...