De l’avis assez partagé dans les médias, Mitt Romney a pris l’ascendant sur son opposant. Le Washington Post détaille six raisons pour avancer cette affirmation.
1. He controlled the format
2. Obama seemed frazzled
3. The politics of preemption
4. Obama didn’t get his big talking points in
5. The expectations were low
6. Romney avoided a stumble
Six reasons Mitt Romney won the first debate
De nombreux chiffres ont été lances et de nombreuses affirmations balancées. Le New York Times propose quelques vérifications sur des points importants et des commentaires sur certains passages :
– Fact Check: Romney’s 12 Million Jobs
– Fact Check: Medicare Cost Control Board
– Obama Campaign Says Romney More Assertive
– Fact Check: Financial Aid Funding
– What Didn’t Come Up in the Debate
– Fact-Check: Massachusetts Schools Ranking
– Voters’ Voices: One Debate In, Not Much Change
– Fact Check: Did Half of Green Companies Fail?
– Fact Check: Education Cuts
– Fact Check: ‘Borrow Money From Your Parents’
– On TV, Candidate Close-Ups Belie Interactions
– Very Different Views of Government’s Role
– Fact Check: Government ‘Takeover’ of Health Care
Presidential Debate Fact-Check and Updates
Tout comme le site spécialisé Politifact.com qui passé au cribble les nombreux évoqués pendant la soirée.
Fact-checking the Denver presidential debate