I wouldn't call Matthews mainstream media.
I could tell early on that Obama was getting whipped but the icing on the cake is the whine-fest on MSNBC, still going on (1136 pm EST). Not just Matthews who was in a panic, but Ed Schultz and him BOTH said the words “Obama was losing”. those exact words.
If Rush says Obama lost, that means nothing. He will say that no matter what. But the Obama Koolaid factory saying it signs the verdict.
Other highlights, they (MSNBC) Dem channel are blaming the moderator (typical sign of losers), Blaming the format and Saying they are mad that Obama that didn't fight back. Sounds familiar?
SMELLS LIKE LOSERS.
CNN poll, Luntz focus group, pretty convincing case. Romney won.
The MOST PERCEPTIVE THING I READ POST-DEBATE:
This debate just PROVES that if Romney had been given FAIR treatment by the media all along, he’d be ahead of Obama by 20 points by now. When people get to see Romney without the liberal media filter beating him down, they like him way more than Obama.
It was a sharp contrast-—Romney the world-class leader and PFC Obama doing kitchen duty.
Up against Romney’s commanding presence, Obama could only offer platitudes and non-sequiturs. Obama meandered off into some vague gobbledy-gook....with no solid facts at his disposal.
The voting public now has a clear choice.