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Analysis

Obama’s answers pull double-duty

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — For most every question asked on Tuesday night, President Obama had two answers: the one about him, and the one about Mitt Romney.

From the outset of their spirited 90-minute debate, Obama replied to each query both by spelling out his own policies and attacking Romney’s record or ideas.

Comments

Mr. Johnson did a great job as a Demomob propagandist . . . He even managed to overlook President Obama's flat out lie about using the T word in the Rose Garden the day after the Islamists attack on the Benghazi consulate in which four Americans were killed.  Johnson also missed the Presidents pseudo upset over Romney's disparaging remarks on the Obama administration's handling of the entire Benghazi incident.  Gotta say one thing, though - his wire service training with its need of rapid dictation seems to hold up well.