My take: Obama is winning on aggression and substance. but he would need to blow Romney out of the water for his campaign to recover from the first debate. This debate won't do it.
On form, Obama is a little better, smoother and more knowledgeable, but that is to be expected on foreign policy. However, he is quipping in too much. He better have some footage of speeches or position papers that support his claims Romney didn't say the things he alleges he did. Over-talking doesn't look good.
Romney tripped up again a couple times by asking Obama questions. Romney simply has a presidential look. Good eye contact with the camera during his closing. Nice la-dee-da closing.
If I were going to cast my vote solely on tonight's debate- not on anything else at all- I would probably vote for Obama. But, in reality, Romney will highly likely win the election.
Much better behavior tonight by both...
Not much I can see thus far for Obama to regain lead unless he can hammer Romney on the auto bailout and clearly regain Ohio.
(One major geopolitical gaff by Romney that left him wide open to be body-slammed and made me laugh was the assertion that Syria is Iran's route to the sea. Um, excuse me, Iran is on the sea, right where all the oil passes through.)
