In the vernacular, it was a dogfight in the second debate. I will give the edge to the President on addressing the topics. Romney is still speaking in generalities and can't make his proposals. His message is "I can do this." In all fairness, neither did a very good job of addressing the questions instead moving quickly into talking points. On the whole I thought Obama did a pretty good job of keeping Romney on the defensive and from the strained look on Romney's face he did too. Romney was effective in using the Benghazi episode and Obama did not refute the charges well.On style, it was a different Obama than the one that showed up for the first debate. This one looked like he was up to the job. This time it was Romney that was pinned. However, overall I would give the debate to the President 60/40. It was not a runaway but the President did reassert himself. He will have to be at least as good in the last debate.
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