First Presidential Debate 2012
![]() | Obama Lacks Populist Policies | |
| Jeff Cohen: The way to defeat Romney is to say he's an agent of the 1
percent. The problem is that Obama's policies for years have really
helped
the top 1 percent and have not been that great for middle-class Americans | ||
![]() | Debate Showed a Complete Lack of Vision | |
| Karen Dolan: Obama didn't refute "trickle down government" and
accepted need to cut social security | ||
![]() | The Debate: A Masterful Liar Defeats a Man Without Conviction | |
| Leo Panitch: Romney's defense of small banks, small businesses and the middle class is disingenuous, but Obama share's too many of the same assumptions to counterattack | ||
![]() | The Debate: What They Didn't Talk About | |
| Bruce Dixon, Managing Editor of Black Agenda Report, on first Presidential debate | ||
![]() | The Debate: Why Didn't Obama Attack the Bush Years? | |
| Jeff Faux: The similarity of positions and Obama's refusal to explain the real causes of the crisis gave the debate to Romney | ||
![]() | The Debate: A Sorry Affair | |
| Tom Ferguson: Neither candidate presented a vision that will solve the crisis | ||
![]() | The Debate: Why Didn't Obama Defend his Record? | |
| James Henry: Obama has accomplishments he could have defended, but he was more concerned with appearance than substance | ||