Obama vs. Romney, Round 2

A look at the postmortems of presidential debate No. 2, from the thoughtful to the rhetorical.

Contraception and the Presidential Debate between Obama and Romney - Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Doubts About Mitt - Anna Williams, First Things/First Thoughts

The Case for Voting for the Non-Intrinsic Evil Candidate - Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Did Romney Just Betray Social Conservatives? - Matthew Schmitz, First Things/First Thoughts

I Was Watching a Townhall and a Fight Broke Out - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Debate Takeaways - John White, Catholic Vote

Some Quick Post Debate Thoughts - Darwin Catholic, The American Catholic

Scoring The Debates, For Real - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

A Dime’s Worth of Difference: What the Second Presidential Debate Reveals - Scott P. Richert, Crisis Magazine

Scoring the Debate - Bonchamps, The American Catholic

Between a Rock and a Libyan Hard Place - Stephen White, Catholic Vote

Candy Crowley Grudgingly Admits That Romney Was Right - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Fact Check: Obama Did Not Call Benghazi an “Act of Terror” - Boston Catholic Insider

Candy Crowley: Uhm Romney Kinda' Right on Libya - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Team Romney to Young Adults: Want to be Forced to Move Back in with Your Parents after College? Vote for Barack Obama - Stephen Kokx, Catholic Vote

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