Third presidential debate: Obama wins foreign policy encounter (from the Guardian, a UK publication)

[alp227]

Barack Obama went on the offensive over foreign policy in the third and final presidential debate, repeatedly accusing Mitt Romney of flip-flopping on major international issues but failing to deliver a killer blow to his opponent's resurgent campaign.

While the president emerged as the narrow winner on the night, the encounter, which was cordial and largely uneventful compared with the previous two debates, is unlikely to have much impact on the outcome of the election.

Going into the debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, Obama had an in-built advantage on foreign policy and security. As president, with access to daily briefings by intelligence analysts, diplomats and generals, he is better briefed and it showed as he dominated Romney in the first half of the debate.

The Republican candidate appeared unsure at times and occasionally stumbled over his lines as if struggling to remember his briefing notes. He began sweating as Obama, aggressive from the start, got the better of him during exchanges on Iran, Iraq and Russia as well as on US military spending.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/23/third-presidential-debate-obama-wins

Huh. "Winning" in the title? I chastised author Ewen MacCaskill for using "pleading" in an article title about the Obama DNC speech before.

[JDPriestly]

1. Actually, it wasn't that Obama was aggressive.

It was that Romney was foolish. Romney should never have tried to debate Obama on foreign policy.

[julian09]

2. Is The Guardian a Murdock RAG? NT

[Ebadlun]

4. No, it's broadly left wing

Although it's been rather down on Obama the whole election - citing every bad poll as though it were typical.

[Cha]

3. "narrow winner"? Nah, Pres Obama beat romney

hands down.