becomes critical that the incumbent articulate both a defense of his record and a vision for the next term. Not only did Obama fail to do either (in both debates, truly), but Romney offered a cogent critique of the last 4 years and a succinct plan for the next. Hopefully Romney will bring his best effort tonight. Our long-time allies expect and need America to provide real leadership. Obama should be worried about the debate given the litany of failure comprising his record. The vacuous and obsequious approach to foriegn policy has made the world a more dangerous place. The clamor to pawn the leadership role off to the UN, a disfunctional organization with a long history of enabling the dictators and abandoning the helpless, is unacceptable. Those who resent America quickly become silent when asked which country of the world they would like to see take our place. Four more years of leading from behind will likely produce consequences in the long-term we cannot afford. There was one. Romney should have counterattacked at the suggestion that he was trying to politicize the death of our ambassador and stressed that he was trying to hold the administration accountable not only for the intelligence and security failures that preceded the attack but also for the deliberate lies to the American public after the attack, AND for apologizing for and misrepresenting our free speech rights. Hmm, I dunno. I watched that little exchange again a while ago, as it nagged at me,