Zinger Alert!

I am agree not to many zingers. the Debate was weak the moderator was weak and Obama was weak. I thought overall debate was poorly done. They let Romney get away with anything he wanted that being the President and moderator.

Overall I did not see a lot of zingers. Not impressed by the debate at all.

Light and civil And talk about this race? That is a zinger in itself, lol! Mitt has to something. Unlike McCain and Dole before him had great senses of humor. True the suits that ran their campaign for some reason kept it hidden. They lose and that's when I find out they have great senses of humor.It made me say Where was that during the campaign? So Mitt better rehearse A lot. He seems to be a puppet. Or a desperate guy who will say Anything to get support. Obama Has a sense of humor. It is dry and witty. Poor Mitt.

All Obama could do was harp on the $5 trillion tax thing that Romney said repeatedly was not his plan and that a the fact checker on the station I watch said was false; in other words that Obama was wrong about. There really weren't a lot of zingers which for the most part was not what people wanted anyway. The news section of a financial site, it has the stock indexes and stuff, had a poll that said Romney won with about 70% to Obama's 30%. Romney enumerated his points and counterpoints while Obama just talked generalities and ran over his time which the moderator kept letting do.

I think you have to question why a campaign releases a story about having practiced zingers to use during the debate. I know we are post-debate now, but this was my opinion prior to the debate. I thought it was misdirection and disinformation designed to make the Obama camp expect zingers. In retrospect, I think I was right and I think it worked. Obama seemed to expect zingers and talking points but instead Romney came fully prepared with specific answers loaded with numbers, data, etc. I think they prepared Obama for a totally different debate and he was utterly lost. Part of that was also preparing Obama with talking points that weren't necessarily germane to the questions or Romney's answers. It showed especially when Obama kept accusing Romney of not being specific after Romney had given a very specific answer. They prepared him with talking points. I think, overall, it was a good opportunity for Romney to show people he is who he says he is and not who the opposition keeps telling people he is. Perhaps he waited too long to do that, but sometimes, it's better to sprint at the end than to waste all your breath countering attacks for the long stretches and being worn out by the end. I think strategy was key, here. There was no point to giving specifics before, it would have given the opposition time to spin them into unrecognizable talking points. As for who won the debate: I think Bill Maher said it best when he tweeted that Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

Simple even msnbc gave it to Romney he one. In my opinion Obama could not hold his own tonight. I think he was desperately missing his telliprumpter.

Of course I am responding after the fact. I thought the debate was pretty good (you know which way I swing). Regarding the "zingers", I guess I wasn't really looking for them. I just wanted to see what was said and how they were saying it. I truly believe that the President did not do too well. Romney was able to point out some great points and did not let Obama make untrue statements. I understand that the President still has a job to do and maybe did not have as much prep time, three days may not have been enough. Romney is in his element here. But I have to say the biggest loser was Leher. Poor guy had NO control.