ROMNEY'S RESOUNDING DEBATE

            In his first presidential debate, challenger Mitt Romney dazzled voters with an inspiring and hopeful performance. Down in the polls, for weeks pundits claimed the election hinged on the debates. Could Romney pull himself out of the grave he had dug? He could. He emerged triumphant and resurrected.

THE PRESIDENT'S DEBATE DEBACLE

       By all accounts, in the first debate of the endless 2012 presidential election season, the president performed abysmally. The competent campaigner and talented orator fell flat – stunning disappointed supporters and giving room for a rise in fortune of his challenger.