Obama was channeling loser John McCain in this debate. Romney is 1000% better than McCain in debates so we have a fighting chance this time around
I thought McCain handled himself fairly well against Obama in the debates. In the first debate he ran circles around Obama because it was on foriegn policy and clearly showed he was the more knowledgeable and experienced candidate, in the second debate nobody won because they both put me to sleep and made no effort, and in the third party, they both scored points so it was pretty much a tie.
I don't get where this "Obama is a masterful orator" BS comes from. I've watched Obama debate Bobby Rush (2000 primary), Dan Hynes and Blair Hull (2004 primary), Alan Keyes (2004 general), Hillary Clinton (2008 primary), and John McCain (2008 general) and each of his opponents has held their own against him on the debate stage.