Swing and a miss! RT @thestalwart: Amaizng. Mitt moved away from it within seconds. RT @buzzfeedben: Not a word on Benghazi!
— Ray Wert (@raywert) October 23, 2012
Moderator Bob Schieffer went straight to the hot-button issue of the Libya attack on the consulate to kick off the 3rd presidential debate tonigh.
Romney spoke first, and, after congratulating the president for killing Osama bin Laden, led with this clearly preprepared zinger:
“We can’t kill our way out of this mess.”
Obama argued that the U.S. achieved goals in Libya and spent “less than what is spent in Iraq in two weeks.”
Romney also said, “My strategy is to go after the bad guys.”
Obama later said, “The 1980s called, they want their foreign policy back” and dug into the challenger, saying he knows Romney has never had a chance to wield foreign policy but that all his ideas have been wrong.
Obama to Romney: the 1980s is calling to ask for its foreign policy back, reference to Romney saying Russia greatest US threat. #debates
— Corey Boles (@coreyboles) October 23, 2012
Obama tells Romney, on Afghanistan not only were you wrong, but you were sending a confusing message. on.cnn.com/Rhmurj #CNNdebate
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 23, 2012
Obama sneaks in first reference to Israel as “greatest ally in the region.” #msnbc2012
— msnbc (@msnbc) October 23, 2012
Romney’s response: “Attacking me is not an agenda.” on.cnn.com/Rhmurj #CNNdebate
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 23, 2012
.@barackobama: “Gov. Romney, I’m glad you recognize al Qaeda as a threat because a few months ago…” you said it was Russia. #msnbc2012
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) October 23, 2012