It’s a debate - not a test.
There’s no such thing as “cheating.”
They both answered the questions how they saw fit live in reality.
And that’s what they hate.
EXACTLY!!! If Romney did not already know his beliefs about the various topics as they came up, no amount of notes would have helped him, besides, if he did have notes, we would all have seen some kind of shuffling of them to find the ones with the "right" answers on them - and nobody saw that going on. The truth is simply that Obama is an empty suit that can deliver a speech as long as it is played for him on a teleprompter three feet in front of his face. He has no core beliefs - at least not those acceptable by the American public. That's why he was so abysmal at the first debate. I do not foresee any improvement for the next two.
Axelrod has said they would have to reformulate and regroup to better prepare for future debates. This may only work to confuse poor BO even more as he will have to work on too many things at once to sound in control (eye contact, body language, facts, statistics, message, etc.). I anticipate that there will be some new dramatic events that will result in the debates being canceled. They cannot afford THREE failed debates for the "Won".