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The First Presidential Debate
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By most accounts, Republican challenger Mitt
Romney was the winner of Wednesday's first debate
with President Barack Obama. Romney presented as
a more forceful debater. This may have given
Romneys campaign a charge forward. He (Romney)
appeared more comfortable on stage than the
incumbent (Obama), and was able at least to lay
the groundwork for a message of bipartisanship
that could appeal to remaining undecided voters.
Of course, it's not clear yet whether the debate
will create enough momentum to offer Romney an
advantage heading into the next debate, let alone
through Election Day. Perhaps some of the
inevitable post-debate fact checking will
challenge both Romney and Obamas credence on
certain points.
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In Other News

• Kara Alongi tweeted "There is somone in my hour
  ecall 911" before disappearing Sunday. The
  teen's online post drew national attention. New
  Jersey State Police found Alongi walking along
  the New Jersey Turnpike on Tuesday and detectives
  are trying to determine where she went and how
  she got there.
• Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera
  Wednesday night became baseball's first triple
  crown winner in 45 years, leading the American
  League in batting average, home runs and runs
  batted in.
• In male-dominated Saudi Arabia, women long have
  lacked a seat at the table of power. That harsh
  reality was reflected in an Ikea furniture
  catalog distributed in Saudi Arabia that left
  them missing from other tables as well. Images of
  women were airbrushed from copies of the
  Swedish-based retailer's annual catalog shipped
  to the religiously conservative Islamic kingdom.