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By most accounts, Republican challenger Mitt Romney was the winner of Wednesday's first debate with President Barack Obama. Romney presented as a more forceful debater. This may have given Romney’s campaign a charge forward. He (Romney) appeared more comfortable on stage than the incumbent (Obama), and was able at least to lay the groundwork for a message of bipartisanship that could appeal to remaining undecided voters. Of course, it's not clear yet whether the debate will create enough momentum to offer Romney an advantage heading into the next debate, let alone through Election Day. Perhaps some of the inevitable post-debate fact checking will challenge both Romney and Obama’s credence on certain points.
In Other News Kara Alongi tweeted "There is somone in my hour ecall 911" before disappearing Sunday. The teen's online post drew national attention. New Jersey State Police found Alongi walking along the New Jersey Turnpike on Tuesday and detectives are trying to determine where she went and how she got there. Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera Wednesday night became baseball's first triple crown winner in 45 years, leading the American League in batting average, home runs and runs batted in. In male-dominated Saudi Arabia, women long have lacked a seat at the table of power. That harsh reality was reflected in an Ikea furniture catalog distributed in Saudi Arabia that left them missing from other tables as well. Images of women were airbrushed from copies of the Swedish-based retailer's annual catalog shipped to the religiously conservative Islamic kingdom.
