Romney Won Using a Debate Technique Called the Gish Gallop

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17. He is paying a price

When Ryan did that, he earned a permanent tag of Lyin' Ryan. Even many people who aren't very heavily into politics have heard about that guy's reputation.

After the MSM euphoria about that debate work off (it only took 10 hours), the real story is how much Romney lied. That will stick with him. And in the process of lying and flip-flopping, he created several new problems. He now is clearly on record for killing Medicare for anybody under 56. He created a real mess by singling out Big Bird as the only example of government spending he would cut for sure. And he has everybody asking questions about his tax plan now.

And that is on top of the 47% problem that is still huge.

Team Obama understood they didn't have to engage on all those issues because they have a big lead in the electoral college and they have 4 debates to play this out.

By the time this is done, it will be clear that although Romney got credit for a win in the first debate, that debate will prove to be a setback, not a gain.