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Round 2: President Obama turns up the heat in combative debate (+video)

The Christian Science Monitor

President Obama delivered a far more forceful performance in his second presidential debate against Mitt Romney, as he and the former Massachusetts governor clashed over a wide range of questions from undecided voters. Debating at Hofstra University in New York’s Long Island, Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney.

Debates round two: Obama comes back swinging

GlobalPost

The campaign does yet another U-turn as the two candidates spar in Long Island. Jean MacKenzie HEMPSTEAD, NY — President Barack Obama wore a Republican red tie; his challenger, Mitt Romney, had a Democratic blue-and-white stripe. But that was not the only thing upside down in the debate on Tuesday.

Top 3 Presidential Debate Unlikely Questions From Undecided Voters

The Presidential town hall debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at Hofstra University was notable for the 82 undecided voters on stage to ask questions. But Jay DeDapper explains why many of those questions seemed unlikely to come from truly undecided voters and more likely from unenthusiastic.

Obama, Romney More Aggressive in Second Debate – Both candidates came out swinging in the second presidential debate.

Obama, Romney Clash Over Women’s Issues in Debate

Republican nominee Mitt Romney claims all women should have access to contraceptive coverage, despite previous support for religious exemptions.

Jill Stein Arrested Outside Hofstra Debate

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested outside the site of the second presidential debate Tuesday.

US debate fury echoes across social media

As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney traded barbs in their cantankerous second presidential debate even harsher volleys were being hurled online. Obama’s Truth Team and Romney Response were joined on Twitter by eager partisans on both sides, as live blogs rated the candidates’ performance.

At Harlem’s Apollo Theater, debate is a talent show

Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, James Brown, the Jackson Five, and now… Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Amateur nights at New York’s legendary Apollo Theater have helped launch a Who’s Who of American singers and performers since 1934. On Tuesday, with an excited crowd crammed into the ornate venue.

T. Boone Pickens’ Statement on Energy and Presidential Debate

T. Boone Pickens, the architect of The Pickens Plan to achieve greater energy security in the U.S., released the following statement on the energy comments by Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during last night’s second presidential debate.

FactCheck.org examines the Hofstra presidential debate!

The Political Commentator

What the candidates said parsed for the inevitable inaccuracies! Both candidates were guilty but Barack Obama tends to repeat the same ones over and over again hoping that the American people are so gullible as to take them at face value if they hear them often enough.

Visualization of the Week: Forecasting the US presidential election

Strata – Making Data Work

The US presidential election is just weeks away, and there is no shortage of polls and collected indicators — in the US and around the world — being used to predict the outcome. Polling aggregation website FiveThirtyEight has made a science of forecasting the US presidential election results.