Watch & Chat LIVE: Romney, Obama Face Off in 2nd Debate
Tonight’s debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Gov. Mitt Romney will cover both foreign and domestic policy topics in a townhall-style format. CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley will serve as moderator.
Format: The debate program starts at 9 p.m. ET. Citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic policy issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, plus an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The town meeting participants are undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization.
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Jenasus
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:19pmObama will be spinning out of control by the end of the night.
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Thrawnshand
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:27pmHe’LLC do a Beetlejuice head spin.
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dbrockjohnson
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:43pmI want to smack that smile off his face. I could debate the hell out of Ozero. Just call him out on his lies and how he was brought up hating rich white people!
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RobertHere
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:44pmObama is lying through his teeth just as Axelrod did after the first debate but sadly the governor is more interested in answering him than calling out the lie. I do not feel confident about my country’s future.
Mr President you are lying again.
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imavoter
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:46pmOf course! If Obama’s lips are moving he’s lying he’s a politician.
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Fastvette101
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:54pmAlready is–hang on!
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JeremyX
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:03pmHe absolutely will and his precious teleprompter cannot save him now!
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1947
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:12pmObama is a LIER….in all points …..He made Hillary take the fall
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Highlinepatriot
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:13pmHe keeps saying I lowered taxes on the middle class I think he said $3600 fuel is 2.20 higher food prices up 20% not to mention everything else that’s higher now than it was 4 years ago how far does that tax cut go to cover the added expense
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1947
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:15pmI want Obama to mean the MEN who have questions…..
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subic
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:16pmRomney is slamming him right now on Benghazi…Candy to the rescue,
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AmericanGirl777
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:20pmI would love to see his pencil neck twist so hard it twists off. He is such an idiot
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:26pmMitt: “FAST & FURIOUS!”
Crowley: “Move along. Nothing to see here. All is well. These are not the droids you are looking for.”
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mercenary4freedom
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:26pmHere he goes on the teacher thing again. You trying to beef up the union dues eh Barry?
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BreeZee
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:28pmthis is rigged. oblamers answers are too complete for not knowing the questions. no studdering like he does even with a teleprompter. crowley and oblamer have nodded at each other a couple times
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:30pmWhen Obama says “small business” he means “cronies and crooks.”
When Mitt says “small business” he means “all business.”
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Pigpen
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:35pmObama had better leave Candy a very big tip! I think protocol is 20% for service that good!
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Libermerican
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:37pmARGH!!!!!!!
breaks my heart, honest media is dead
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black9897
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:37pmBoth want to ban assault rifles huh…..just try ….
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:45pmThanks for the chat thingy, Blaze. I would never see most of the comments made by so many people whose opinions I respect. I like it even though the vast majority of comments from soooo many regular users have to be dropped. Small price to pay for such a useful tool.
Is there any way The Blaze can run a transcript of all that dropped chatter? It would be a lot of fun to run through the commentary of so many people.
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cbrown
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:21pm@RobertHere
What a smack down Romney got today. Not sure if he will get any sleep tonight.
Also, was caught lying even by the moderator (that was some fact checking in real time).
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NancyBee
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:24pmNEWS FLASH………NEWS FLASH………..Romney won!!!
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cbrown
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:33pm@NancyBee
Please watch real news not Fox news :)
klaskat1
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:42pmI hope that Mitt in the next debate asks him about how gas prices go down when the economy is in the hole. I’ll bet he can’t explain it.
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I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:44pmA Warning to Every Proud Ruler:
http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/90-450/a-warning-to-every-proud-ruler
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Logic77
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:19pmObama hates oil.
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RLTW
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:24pmAccording to BHO he’s Jed Clampet.
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:00pmMy favorite part was when Obama said “When I WAS President.”
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RWCT
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:42pmHe sure is an OILY guy though!
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Rational Man
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:18pmMy head is already exploding just after the second question. Obama is doubling down on the lies he told in the first debate and they have already been debunked. And Romney has already missed about three opportunities.
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Cosmos102
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:18pmIt’s clear the DNC strategy has been to call Romney/Ryan liars. Obama starts everyone of his rebuttals calling Romney a liar and Biden did the same to Ryan.
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lthm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:35pmI was going to correct you and say that’s been the mainstream media’s tactic. But you’re right. DNC, media, Obama, Biden. All the same machine. They all have the same mantra.
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pissantno.10
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:17pmwhat a lieing skunk
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fande3rls
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:14pmObama lied about how bankrupts work. they still would have stayed open , he also lied about his energy policy .
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yiska8
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:23pmObama’s argument:
“It’s just not true.”
That’s it???
He should have written better answers on his hand.
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Thrawnshand
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:24pmIndeed. And here he goes bringing up the past bringing up the past. And that is an out and out lie about the pipe line.
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pissantno.10
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:14pmshut up romney you cant talke obama is lord
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:14pmIts bad for Obama If I know he is lying.
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Verceofreason
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:01pmAll of a sudden Mitt is FOR Pell grants.
When did that happen?
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bamamontana
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:39pm@Verce…
And Obama suddenly believes in the free market? That he is not responsible for creating jobs?! When did THAT happen?
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YesNdeedie
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:12pmI’m sure glad I have a mute button on my remote so I can hit it every time Ozero is about to lie…….errr I mean respond.
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ENOUGHISENOUGH
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:29pmMe too!
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yiska8
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:12pmThis kid doesn’t care about Detroit! Whatever is left of it, thanks to Barry. Obama just ran down his entire stump, stale speech to a kid who probably can’t even find Detroit on a map. Thanks to the unionized Dept of Education.
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Popp40
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:18pmDid you notice when the kid asked the question he looked at Obama the whole time….never once looked at Romney.
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yiska8
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:32amWell, the indoctrination has already taken effect. He’ll throw his vote away to the Kenyan.
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freddyflintstone
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:11pmI’m smelling a set up…I think every comment from Obama will start “What Romney said is not true”
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Thrawnshand
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:19pmSo far yes…. cars more effecient? The volt? A $30,000 mistake.
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Verceofreason
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:02pmAnd Obama has sighted the time and place of Romney’s original reverse statement.
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TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:03pmNo, the volt is a 100,000 per unit mistake.
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freddyflintstone
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:09pmUmmmm… 5 topics for Obama on education….but he mentioned only 3. What?
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Popp40
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:15pmI agree, I would have liked to hear the other 2. However, Obama did answer that question better than Romney. I hate to say that, I am pulling for Romney, but Romney will have to be on point to even break even in this debate……trust me the MSM will make sure of that and there are enough stupid people in this country to believe them.
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yiska8
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:03pmThe King sat before Romney. Romney stood firm. Great start!!
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:03pmWell I will be listening close to both of them while they spin their positions to fool the American people. Neither will tell the truth, but will say what their advisor’s have told them the people want to hear. That is what politics have become because the masses are star struck and cannot think for themselves but have to have people who they think must be smarter than them to tell them who to vote for. I t is actually a shame.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:42pmLOL, Don’t bother trying to post under you regular user name in the chat, WCP. Not one comment got through when I used mine. Being a smart ass I changed it to “Neoconservative Downy” and it was posted immediately… LMAO.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:52pmYou are right, My post did not go through when I called Romney on the assault weapons question. What a flip flopper. There used to be a time in politics that flip flopping would kill you as a candidate, but the people are in REM state now.
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Logic77
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:02pmWhy do these moderators always have to be liberal?
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:56pmidk, why do all the candidates have to be liberal?
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Verceofreason
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:03pmWhen did CNN become liberal.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:50pm@Verse, I imagine when Fox became fair and balanced. What difference does it make. They’re all owned by the CFR.
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tonypro
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:58am@verse
probably about the same time you became a communist
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LibsFIB
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:02pmWhat atoad she is.
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Deadbang
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:47pmMy exact words!
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Jenasus
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:01pmCandy Crowley will be feeding the candidates crow for thought tonight.
They need Crowley to guide Obama through the debate to keep him on track.
Welcome to the Greatest Hoax on America. The 2012 Presidential Rebuttal.
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colorado uprising
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:01pmVan Jones works at CNN Now? Good for them, their real truth emerges
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Zer0
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:09pmThey have literally become the Communist New Network.
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colorado uprising
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:59pmCNN says tonights moderator is the first female since the 70′s. What was the first? A trans?
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TelepromoterNChief
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:14pmThat’s a female?
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Rob1231
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:59pmTroll..Get a life asp wipe
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bullcrapbuster
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:55pmI also have been praying that those watching the debate will be able to recognize the truth and also that which ever candidate tries to lie to the people will be struck with a stupor of thought and be unable to express himself. Last debate it was Obama who had the stupor of thought. @troll…”fools mock but they shall mourn”.
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sodacrackers2
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:05pmI cannot bear to watch Obama pretending to care about America or Americans, but I too have been praying that each candidate would show their true self and that thewatchers would be ale to see the truth.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:51pmNo libertarians allowed, only Neocons. Sorry folks you’ll have to go elsewhere unless you’re supporting the internationalist socialist/fascist hybrid with an R behind his name.
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TomBond
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:48pmSonoma County for Mitt Romney!
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:43pmI dont expect to see many comments from the Beckbots since the debate will be starting well after their nursing home’s bedtime curfew…LOL!
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meister41
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:52pmHate Monger
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helllsbellls
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:59pmtmonger……you are wrong again. We have our computers cocked and aimed. They let us stay up all night if we wish and my bed is a fiinnneee bed. So stuff it monger. Hells Bells.
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:59pmEhhh? What’d ya say, there sonny? I had my irrelevance filter on.
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fande3rls
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:15pmYou are an idiot troll . SEIG HEIL
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Gustav
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:16pmHis only purpose is to spout off. He has never had an original thought his enter life and it shows. I love his comments, nothing could make him look worse than himself.
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GodBlessed
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:55pmTroll don’t you go back to your cave. I’m sure you’re in Barry’s corner, I’m sure you are a communist and a liberal, and God help you.
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mercenary4freedom
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:48pmTROLL, hahahahahaha, hahahahaha, hehehehehe, hohohohoh…you & your troll sqaud are just too much. So origininal , you guys are great at calling people names & belittling, hahahahahaha…
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NancyBee
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:22pmDon’t feed the trolls!!!!!!………excuse me while I put my teeth in!
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godlovinmom
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:38pmI have said a couple prayers for Mr. Romney through out my day…the devil your advesary will be in full force tonight, my friend!…God Bless Mr. Romney…We The People are behind you :)
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:44pmHave you ever had direct dialogue with your sky god? Only in your head and not in reality….LOL!
madasblazes
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:54pmI’ve been praying for him too.
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yiska8
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:00pmHey Troll,
Calm down! We all know this is Barry’s debate hands down. Boo-hoo. How can it not be? He’s gotten all the questions and answers before hand and a fat liberal moderator to send him cues! I just hope he was able to write the responses on his hands, just in case.It must have been a “drag” to have to memorize all those answers in order! Maybe he’ll laugh and act Biden-psycho if he forgets and answer. I just hope he celebrates with the “blunt” after the debate and not before like last time! Ha!!! Romney just needs to be Romney and try not to laugh at Barry sneaking peaks at his crib notes.
Hee hee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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godlovinmom
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:00pmSeriously you are a hate monger buddy.
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TSBordenSVanna
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:17pmAt least we know where we will be after death…
I think he needs all the prayers he can get. I truly don’t understand how ANYONE… upper, middle, lower class, anyone can not see what this horrible, man has done and is continues to do…
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Clivestaples
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:44pmI have also prayed throughout the day for both candidates and that truth will prevail.
Trollmomger, I pray for you the most. Why? Because I believe in miracles.
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godlovinmom
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:39pmLol Clive….hee hee…umm I think Romney won the debate…only because Obama lies so much..good debate though!
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NancyBee
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:30pmThis was easy for O….he’s been saying the same thing …over and over and over and over and over…..you get the point
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OccamsSword
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:56pmOh , nice reply Satan.
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