First Presidential Debate by the Numbers

Times Barack Obama continued on his vaunted Apology Tour: Twice, both times telling Jim Lehrer he was sorry for going over the allotted time.

Chance that "Zinger" was actually the planned name for Romney's 6th son rather than a debate strategy: 1:3

Minutes into the debate before Obama realized he wasn't actually debating John Kerry: 63

Romney's margin of victory in the CNN snap poll: 42%

"President" John Kerry's margin of victory in a 2004 Newsweek poll following the first debate: 42%

Increase in conservatives' faith in opinion polling, post snap polls: 3000%

Number of U.S. Senators whose response to the debates moderation was "Jim good":

Critic of jim Lehrer moderator of debate shut up. Jim goodhe let both candidates finish their points.Debate more informative thanOthers

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 4, 2012

Number of meta-lies told by Obama: Two ("This has been a terrific debate" and "Jim, you're doing a great job.")

Number of times Obama or Lehrer mentioned the "47% video": Zero

Percent of MSNBC post-debate broadcast that was at all distinguishable from a Hitler Downfall Youtube parody: 0%

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Tags: Barack Obama, Debates, Jim Lehrer, Mitt Romney