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Who is winning the debate? http://rlcsc.org/2012/10/22/who-is-winning-the-third-presidential-debate/

It is unbelievable that Mitt Romney did not answer a direct question teed up for him by the moderator Bob Schieffer - regarding the question of whether Obama mislead the American people over the unmitigated debacle and possible treason that was Benghazi. He gave Romney an open end question, inviting him to address the Libya debacle. Romney chose to ignore the question and instead recite a monologue that sounded like a canned political speech. Romney then allowed Obama to interrupt him and take over the question that was actually posed to himself - not Obama. It became evident six minutes...

Pray for Mitt Romney. He has sacrificed for us when he really doesn't need to. We are lucky to have him. I hope that he be treated fairly and that his message to America is delivered.

Tonight is Barack's last debate in his last election. It's also the last major milestone of this campaign before Election Day. This is it -- and your support in these final days means everything. Can you chip in $5 or more right now? I know Barack is ready to get out there tonight and fight for supporters like you -- but he needs you to fight for him, too. As soon as he leaves the stage, I know he'll be thinking about tomorrow, and all the work we need to do to win in these last two weeks. If you're...

I was a political science/international studies major in college and participated in the Model UN team my school fielded to different competitions around the country; we traveled to Boston, Akron, San Francisco, and Washington at different points representing France, Nigeria, Iceland, and other countries and, of course, my professors always pushed that “we are global citizens” garbage of which the Left is so perpetually fond. I still think it would have been hilarious if a prankster mailing out the assignment packets to these Model UN things would give some random school “The Klingon Empire” and have Michelle Obama’s home world...

Tonight is the third and final debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, one that Democrats initially thought might close the deal with voters --- but now looks more like a minefield than ever. They may not need to worry --- or for that matter, hope --- because while the news has focused on the topic of tonight's event, foreign policy, voters appear more focused than ever on the economy and jobs. Furthermore, there's probably not a lot of upside for either candidate.Greg Sargent outlines the strategy as he sees it from the Left: Throughout this campaign, Obama has frequently...

For whomever is going to start a "live thread" for tonight's debate, please ask the moderator to feed the squirrels prior to starting the thread. We're on our fourth debate and it's been impossible to follow or post. Site begins locking up at the first mention of "gentlemen, start your engines!". The squirrels take that as a time to go on break until the debate is over. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi!

Mitt Romney has pulled into a lead in a number of polls ahead of tonight’s third and final debate with pro-abortion President Barack Obama.The new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of 1,000 likely voters shows Romney ahead of Obama by two points, 49 to 47 percent, which is a three percentage point swing in Romney’s direction since the previous poll.As Politico reports on the results: Romney has not led in the poll since the beginning of May. Across the 10 states identified by POLITICO as competitive, Romney leads 50 to 48 percent.Seventy-two percent of those who support Obama say...

Four years ago, then-Sen. Barack Obama ran for the White House as the foreign policy novice -- both in the primary against Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, and the general election against John McCain. That inexperience, it turned out, proved not to be an Achilles' heel. Monday night, as commander in chief, Obama goes toe-to-toe in the third and final debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, and takes the stage as the supposed pro -- or as Romney surrogate John Sununu put it, Obama "thinks this is his sweet spot." But a close look at Obama's four years of setting...

Bob Schieffer, the moderator for the last of the three presidential debates in 2012, needs to be watched carefully; he has a clear partisan agenda that favors Barack Obama that was evident even in 2008. When he moderated the last presidential debate that year, he didn’t flinch from his Democratic Party mission. In 2008, Schieffer asked 9 questions. Look at how he slanted some of the questions and his interjections: 1. “We found out yesterday that this year's deficit will reach an astounding record high $455 billion. Some experts say it could go to $1 trillion next year. Both of...

Dear Friend, In this video commentary, I discuss what Romney needs to do in tonight’s third debate to sweep the series. Tune in

“Bush Lied" – Romney Lied” – Will it work again? Everyone who spoke with one of their Democratic friends during the 2008 Presidential election surely heard, “Bush Lied!” The Democrat Party claimed that President Bush lied about Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass destruction” so he could justify the war in Iraq was their campaign mantra. My Democratic friends believed it with all their heart and it energized their efforts. That Democrat Party mantra did have an effect on the election. Unfortunately, “negative politicking” works…thus when the Democrat Party can’t discuss policy, they attack the person. Now the same tactic is...

Mitt Romney has a clear-eyed and self-aware view of his chances in the final debate Monday, according to top advisers: It will be almost impossible to win, since the debate is focused exclusively on foreign policy, a strength for President Barack Obama. This view isn’t merely about expectations-setting. Romney’s top advisers authentically worry that the swing voters they need to woo care little about foreign affairs right now. And, even if they did, the differences between the two men on many of the highest-profile issues — ending the Afghan war and the bloodshed in Syria — are too slight to...

When Schieffer asks the question (regardless how he puts it or how he might try to frame it in order to help Obama), I think he should start out by saying the following:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- On the eve of their final presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama - through their allies - squared off Sunday over which candidate would best protect the nation's interests and security abroad with just two weeks left in a race that polls show is increasingly tight. Both candidates stayed largely out of view, preparing vigorously for their Monday face-off focused on foreign policy. Republicans accused Obama of leaking word of possible negotiations with Iran in pursuit of political gain. Democrats shot back, arguing that Romney and his party are the ones playing politics with national security....

If the election were held today Mitt Romney would win 321 electoral votes while Barack Obama would win in states worth 217 electoral votes according to the latest polling data available today. The Rasmussen Reports Presidential Daily Tracking poll released today shows President Obama leading over Mitt Romney by a 49 percent to 47 percent margin. The new Gallup Tracking poll released today shows Romney leading 52 percent to 45 percent. Today's release of the QStarNews Daily Tracking Poll shows a 52 percent to 41 percent lead for Mitt Romney. These are the most accurate and least skewed polls among...

Democratic Talking Points For Dummies! Breaks down Democratic Talking Points into simple english.

ALTERCATION FOR THE NATION! The Brawl in the Hall! A preview of the debate on Monday night on Foreign Policy.

It was only a few months back that there was plenty of hearty suspicion going around concerning the White House’s involvement in a specific string of high-profile national-security leaks to the media, and on MSNBC’s Meet the Press this morning, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman suggested something of the same vein in regards to yesterday’s report on possible negotiations between Iran and the United States, via the NJ: Portman, R-Ohio, said that the fact both countries are denying the story makes it look like another inappropriate leak from the administration rather than a diplomatic breakthrough.It looks like “another national security leak...

It has been a long and tortuous two weeks since the Republicans first began doing the happy dance and attaboying each other after the first presidential debate. Their guy, Mitt Romney, had whipped that other guy like he owned him. The polls were indicating that Big Mo was on their side. And in the process of his punishing performance, Romney had confirmed what Republicans had been telling each other for four years: That fella occupying the White House was the nation's first affirmative action president and, by God, that historical disturbance would soon be over. All that yee-hawing turned into...