Obama, Romney Face Off in First Debate | Voice of America - English
President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, faced off Wednesday in their first debate of the election campaign. The debate focused on the top issue of the campaign, the state of the U.S. economy. 	 		  	 		For 90 minutes, the president and the former governor of the state of Massachusetts clashed over how best to strengthen the country's sluggish economy. 	 		  	 		Romney aggressively attacked the Democratic president's economic policies, and they disagreed sharply about tax cuts. "Virtually everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate.
Pressure is on Romney tonight to reverse Obama's momentum  @ Debates have had most election impact in 20 year intervals-1960, 1980 and 2000  @ Both candidates wise to avoid Al Gore legacy--no sighs or eye-rolling please! @ Romney sharp in early going with softer tone aimed at undecideds  @ Did they coordinate ties? Obama blue, Romney red, Lehrer a little of both Romney's flag pin seems significantly bigger than the president's. What’s that distracting black dot on Romney’a flag pin? Jim Lehrer needs to take control of this debate. He's letting the candidates walk all over him. Jim Lehrer lost control of this debate 30 minutes ago... Romney on top of his game.Obama looks rusty.Republicans will be encouraged. @