Chances Obama Missed

Amy Davidson gives a rundown. One of seven:

Where was Warren Buffet’s secretary? Where were Romney’s tax returns, or his tax rates? Tax fairness came up, but they didn’t (nor did Bain), and Obama did not really control that line of argument. Nor did he draw a connection between Romney’s secret budget plan and his unseen tax returns. As it was, Obama was strongest on the bad math. But Romney got away with a tautological rebuttal—“So there’s no economist can say Mitt Romney’s tax plan adds five trillion if I say I will not add to the deficit with my tax plan”—that, when you parse it, just doesn’t make sense.

Meanwhile, John Dickerson accurately characterises last night's debate as Mitt Romney's best moment so far, and wonders if he can sustain the momentum; Politico's Martin and Harris say that although he's managed to chase away the "aroma of terminal illness," it's up to him now to keep it away.