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Big-screen televisions lined the bar at the Lucky Strike Bowling Alley overlooking the Hudson River in New York City. Comfortable chairs, couches, and cocktail tables invited non-bowling enthusiasts to enjoy their tête-à-tête without missing anything on the big screen. My family and several friends ordered our first round of drinks in anticipation of the first 2012 presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts. As we settled in, commentator Jim Lehrer began his introduction to the media-hyped debate.
The debate started slowly, continuing at an uneventful pace and maintaining a blasé tone until Mr. Romney repeated a comment he had previously made about wanting to cut funding ...
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