Obama Shouts Out to Michelle for Their Anniversary

Mitt Says He Loves Coal

Obama Nods.

Mitt Offers Some Simplistic Platitudes.

Obama Nods.

Obama Name-Checks Bill Clinton. Twice.

Mitt Tells Another Anecdote about a Down-on-Their-Luck Couple in Schenectady.

Jim Lehrer Won’t Shut Mitt Up.

Obama Nods.

Everyone Loves the Middle Class

Mitt Claims He’s Way into Regulation.

Obama Smiles.

Mitt Throws the Phrase “Trickle-Down” at Obama.

The President Winces.

Liberals Facepalm.

It’s Over. THANK GOD.

Ann Friedman is a columnist for New York magazine’s website and for the Columbia Journalism Review. She also makes pie charts for The Hairpin and Los Angeles magazine. Her work has appeared in ELLE, Esquire, Newsweek, The Observer, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels so often the best place to find her is online at annfriedman.com. Follow @annfriedman