Conservative columnist Will said that Obama “cauterized” wounds he had inflicted on himself in the first debate and that both men “tiptoed right up to the point of rudeness but stepped back.”
Here was Will’s take: “It was a very good fight. I have seen every presidential debate in American history” since 1960. “This was immeasurably the best.”
Will saluted Obama’s ”tactical victory” in holding his response to Romney’s 47 percent comment to the end. “As a tactical measure, the president did very well indeed,” Will said.