Presidential debate, 10/16
Live chat during the second debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney
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Romney replies, “I did not say that the Arizona law was a model for the nation,” only it’s “e-verify segment” was a model.
He also retorts that he did not stir opposition to immigration reform when Obama controlled both chambers of Congress and had his own chance to make immigration reform. -
FACT CHECK: Romney and the immigration "model" in Arizona: Here's what Romney said during a GOP debate in February: "You know, I think you see a model here in Arizona. They passed a law here that says, that says that people who come here and try and find work, that the employer is required to look them up on E-Verify. This E-Verify system allows employers in Arizona to know who's here legally and who's not here legally. And as a result of E-Verify being put in place, the number of people in Arizona that are here illegally has dropped by some 14 percent, where the national average has only gone down 7 percent." -
“Do you look at your pension? Do you look at your pension?” Romney asks. “I don’t look at my pension. It’s not as big as yours,” Obama says.by Matt Viser via twitter 10/17/2012 2:07:28 AM -
President concludes by saying he cares for staff, since he has to greet coffins when they come home.
But, Romney says, there were days that went by before the administration conceded the attack was a terrorist attack, and that the president went off campaigning in the aftermath of the assassination of an ambassador.
“This calls into question the president’s whole policy in the Middle East," says Romney -
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ANALYSIS: Not to say there aren't serious questions about lapses in Libya, but the focus on this attack - and the extent to which Romney has tried to grab onto it - demonstrates the unanticipated advantage Democrats have had on foreign policy and national security this cycle. -
Fair of Romney to criticize Obama for going to Vegas fundraiser day after Libya. But Romney was also at a fundraiser that day, in Florida.by Matt Viser via twitter 10/17/2012 2:14:47 AM
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