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Obama didn’t look good at all (though he spoke more clearly than I thought he would without his Speak & Spell - at least early on).

Watching it again, you are right that Obama did start off ok. He was into his usual smooth jive but once he realized what Romney was bringing he shriveled. It was physically noticeable if you watch again. Obama's whole demeanor and body language changed. He winced several times and starting looking down and around, clearly signaling he wanted out. He often stared at Lehrer just begging him to shut Romney down or move on, even outright asking him once to do so. His smiles and laughs were nervous ones. One big thing I noticed was when there was a loud banging noise offstage while Romney was speaking. Both guys reacted to it and looked around, but Romney just quickly glanced and turned right back at Obama and continued his speech, unfazed. Obama grinned, looked around and clearly wanted to make it a distraction and lighten the mood. Once he saw Romney coming right back at him his smile faded and his head went back down. Another escape attempt thwarted.

It was fascinating to see Obama totally exposed and dismantled. Romney was absolutely incredible - it was without a doubt the greatest debate performance and most one sided victory I've ever seen.

Romney did great, and it was compounded by Obama’s miserable performance. While “they” are attributing it to such silliness as altitude (really), the fact is that this is the unscripted Obama without a white person writing a speech and putting it on a screen for him (at this point I wonder if he was even lip-synching his Speak & Spell speeches, a la Milli Vanilli). He is an incompetent token, who needed the Speak & Spell to address grammar school students (WTH is that?), and he has been given a condescending pass by the liberal whites who hid beind him to advance their own agendas (see “gay marriage”).

America deserved a better person as the first black president; I personally supported Alan Keyes, and hope he stays active. Instead we got a close-up view of all that is wrong with affirmative action.