Debate returns focus to fundamentals

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney exchange words during the second presidential debate. |Reuters

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The Arena

  • Former Ohio SOS Ken Blackwell (R)
  • David N. Bossie
  • Gloria Feldt
  • Alan Schroeder

"He cannot win this debate."

Former Ohio SOS Ken Blackwell (R)

"Bad policies are bad policies."

David N. Bossie President of Citizens United

"What Obama needs to do is simple: act like a leader and think like an insurgent."

Gloria Feldt Author of "No Excuses" and former Planned Parenthood CEO

"The single most important thing Obama can do is demonstrate his desire to be there."

Alan Schroeder Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University

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