TiVo: Battleship = Viewership, Obama Moments Dominate Debate

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Barack Obama won the battle -- literally -- for TV viewers during the final televised presidential debate Monday night. Obama's "battleship moment" -- the point when he countered Mitt Romney's assertion that the U.S. Navy has fewer ships than it did in 1916 by saying, "the question is not a game of Battleship where we're counting ships" -- was the most viewed moment, according to an analysis released this afternoon by TiVo Research and Analytics.

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3 comments on "TiVo: Battleship = Viewership, Obama Moments Dominate Debate".

1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston
   

   commented on: October 23, 2012 at 4:17 p.m.
   Sarcasm seems undignified, but clearly not everyone agrees Obama appeared desperate and Romney portrayed the incumbent.
2. Dan Smith from PCGCampbell
   

   commented on: October 23, 2012 at 4:47 p.m.
   What debate were you watching? Obama was focused and sharp, and the sarcasm was a result of Romney continually going back to the same tired and dated argument, let alone the right's complete inability to listen to anything the President says. Romney looked intimidated and nervous throughout the debate. Obama clearly owned the night. And the story has the President's named misspelled. It's Barack with a c.
3. Rob Frydlewicz from RAF Consulting
   

   commented on: October 24, 2012 at 3:23 a.m.
   Romney supporters, especially the men, hate it when their guy gets a smackdown from the cool intellectual. My favorite line during Monday's debate was when the President said "You know, we have these things called aircraft carriers". And it was said with contempt, not sarcasm, driving home the point that MR is absolutely unqualified to be Commander in Chief.

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