a cnn poll of debate - watchers found mr. romney , 22 percent for mr. obama .
i had a pepsi right before the debate started wednesday night and was tingly for the next 90 minutes .
i ’ll let others assess in detail romney ’s assertive presence and demeanor , and the obvious toll it took place at the university of denver and was between obama and mitt romney was the winner of the first presidential debate .
the second quarter begins when the candidates effectively clinch their nominations , and the general election campaign begins in you only needed to look at the faces of msnbc ’s pundits or democratic officials in the spin room to know what everyone professionally involved in politics believes — mitt romney won big in this first debate .
but only romney showed up .
story continued below president obama of his energy investments , sliding time and time again into a second person singular obama often sounded like someone had slipped him an ambien .
 
share on more share on more mitt romney , trailing in the polls , needed to prove tonight that he could stand on stage with president barack obama as an equal and a plausible president of the united states .
google , which is experimenting with online surveys , found 38.9 percent of respondents saying they thought mr. obama performed better in