Obama vs. Romney: Local Political Influencers Weigh In on 3rd Debate

Patch surveyed 132 local political influencers immediately following the third presidential debate.

While political pundits duke it out over who won the third and final presidential debate, Patch decided to take a different route. Instead of relying on professional analysts to tell us whether President Barack Obama or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney took home the win, we turned to our readers. We surveyed 132 influential conservatives and liberals right after the debate and asked them their thoughts on the biggest moments of the Oct. 22 showdown between Obama and Romney. One Republican who thought Romney won by a wide margin wrote, “Barack says he has kept us safe for the last 4 year … explain that to the families of victims of Fast & Furious and the terrorists attack on Benghazi.” A Democrat who thought Obama won by a wide margin …

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What's Tampa Bay Saying?

Obama vs. Romney: Who Won the 3rd Debate?

The two presidential contenders faced off for a third and final debate Oct. 22. We want your take on how they did.

Did President Barack Obama walk away with the win in tonight’s debate? Perhaps you think former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney knocked it out of the park with his answers on foreign policy? Whatever the case, Tampa Bay, we want to hear from you! Did Obama’s stand on America's prominence in the world today ring true to you? "America remains the one indispensable nation,” Obama said. “The world needs a strong America and it’s stronger now than when I came into office.” Maybe you related more to Romney’s assertion that American effectiveness abroad has fallen? “Nowhere in the world is America’s influence greater today than it was four years ago,” Romney said.  How do you think America is doing on the foreign policy front? Which candidate do …

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michael mirra

7:35 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

these people don't know they are spelling incorrectly. somtimes it's typos, but overall the education of the american people is very poor. we look like idiots, because the majority are idiots. look at just how almost half the adult population was too stupid to see that ronmey would have been a disaster for this country. there people are the backbone of this country, but their education is very …   more ›