Last Presidential Debate 2012: Obama v Romney

President Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney meet tonight for the final debate before the November 6 election in Boca Raton, Fla. The debate will be on foreign policy. The moderator is Bob Scheffer. (Storify by PG's Mila Sanina)

  1. Iran mentioned 43 times, Israel 31, China 30, Mali 6, and Europe 1. Conclusion? Mali is 6 times more important than Europe.
  2. Top 5 Rising Google Searches of the Night 1. horses and bayonets 2. syria 3. mali 4. drones 5. tumult
  3. Takeaway of the #Debates: Big Birds. Binders. And Bayonets.
  4. Chart: Twitter says 6.5 million tweets flew during Lynn University presidential debate. #debates http://pic.twitter.com/XSr1DD7J
  5. CBS SNAP POLL: 53% of uncommitted voters say Obama won. 23% Romney, 24% undecided.
  6. Tweets mentioning Foreign Policy made up 54% of tweets about tonight's #lynndebate. Tweets about the Economy: 20% blog.twitter.com/2012/10/the-fi…
  7. So "horses and bayonets" was the most tweeted moment from the #lynndebate. Have at it internet.
  8. Update: 6.5 million tweets tonight in the last of the 2012 #debates.
  9. Who lost the debate? Foreign policy, because there wasn't enough of it discussed.
  10. Obama talking to the Romney grandkids, fighting for every vote.
  11. Congratulations, Michelle Obama, you never have to watch your husband debate again. (She dreads them.)
  12. Obama and Romney had a moment after the debate. via Reuters http://pic.twitter.com/CXArQ0uZ
  13. Loved when Bob Schieffer quoted his mom: "Go vote, it makes you feel big and strong."
  14. Mitt: "I love teachers." Somewhere, Big Bird is searing with jealous rage.
  15. Bob Schieffer: "I think we all love teachers." Viva la educación! @eselmomento #debate
  16. Seriously, where is the foreign policy? We're talking about the economy now. This is not a foreign policy discussion.
  17. This auto industry thing is getting heated. Someone needs to check Romney's binders. #debate
  18. Did Romney just describe his own own auto policy (which would have led to liquidation) as "the height of silliness." Hm.
  19. Obama seems suspiciously knowledgeable about foreign affairs for someone born here #debates
  20. Unsurprisingly, Obama says Romney knows about shipping jobs to China because: "You invested in companies that were shipping jobs overseas."

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