Impressions:
Style points
President Obama seemed low on energy and repetitive.
Gov. Romney seemed more energetic and organized.
"Fact" checkers
Both candidates tossed out their share of "numbers" to support their case. Without a doubt those numbers were handed to them by some staffer who found it from some think tank. Thus, the number has some basis but may be "half-true" due to how that think tank looked at the data. So unless there is a proven "whopper" the "fact" checking game is pretty pointless.
30,000 feet
President Obama's case seems to be we are making some progress on the economy and more government intervention will make it better so re-elect me.
Gov. Romney's case seems to be that the economy is very sluggish and it is government intervention that is holding it back and I can do better than the last four years.
All the talk of Romney "won" is overblown. Let's not get crazy. As in baseball, can't get too high or too low.
I think the problem is that the media pundits have seen all the negative ads run against Romney and they themselves highlight any actual or perceived mis-statement on his part. So they basically thought Romney was going to stumble and bumble on stage and be robotic. Instead, he came across as in command and accessible so the pundits were just stunned by how much Romney "exceeded" expectations.
You can be sure President Obama will be more prepared in the next debate and the media will redouble their efforts to knock Romney down.
In a sense the race has hit the reset button.
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