Tweets from the US presidential debate

Twitter hit

Tonight’s debate was the most tweeted-about US politics event ever, @gov says, topping the numbers from the RNC & DNC. #debates

— Liz Heron (@lheron) October 4, 2012

Are you with me?

Itâ??s go time. RT if youâ??ve got the Presidentâ??s back in tonightâ??s debate: twitter.com/BarackObama/stâ?¦

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 4, 2012

Happy anniversary, Mrs O.

I think the lesson here is don’t work on your 20th wedding anniversary or you’ll be distracted by your pending doom.

— Brian Sack (@brian_sack) October 4, 2012

Stress relief

Obama is actually gritting his teeth… GO #MittRomney !!!

— Republican Party (@RepublicanGOP) October 4, 2012

Memory lapse

Obama’s struggling to remember the lines he was supposed to memorize #PresidentialDebate2012

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) October 4, 2012

Where’s my teleprompter?

Americans! Do you really want a president who goes to pieces without a teleprompter? #Obama #romney2012

— Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) October 4, 2012

Romney’s moment to shine

@ivankatrump unfollowed.

— Ivirlei Brookes (@Ivirlei) October 4, 2012

Wit of Mitt

Mr President your entitled to your own house and your own plane, but not to your own facts. #Romney wins #debate

— RickGray (@RickGray) October 4, 2012

A different Romney all together

Here’s what was so funny about tonight: We saw moderate Mitt. This isn’t the right wing idealogue who’s been running. #debates

— Callie Schweitzer (@cschweitz) October 4, 2012

You had your chance, Barack!

Obama keeps saying ‘we should’… didn’t he just have fours years to be able to say, ‘We have’?

— Republican Party (@RepublicanGOP) October 4, 2012

Extra time, no goal.

President Obama received four extra minutes in this debate and @mittromney still took control of this debate. #RomneyRyan2012

— Joseph Rosas (@josephjrosas) October 4, 2012

Are we done yet?

Barack looked tired … Like “dude I just dealt with world issues all day &now u wanna argue”?

— marlon wayans (@MARLONLWAYANS) October 4, 2012

New player in town

After tonight, anyone claiming Romney isn’t electable is simply holding on to a losing lotto ticket hoping the numbers will change. #Debates

— Elisha ^B^ (@ElishaNEWS) October 4, 2012

You’ve got my vote governor

Romney keeps this up Obama’s gonna vote for him.

— Dennis Miller Show (@DennisDMZ) October 4, 2012

Facts don’t matter

Remember: it’s easy to win a debate when you lie and change your position to suit the moment. #debates

— Amanda Ann Klein (@princesscowboy) October 4, 2012

Rope for Romney

Maybe #Obama let #Romney hang himself tonight by forcing him 2 lie dozens of times. Were the Dems looking for ad fodder? If so, they got it

— David Federman (@DavidFederman) October 4, 2012

Mitt gets off scott free

And NO ONE BROUGHT UP the 47% remark???? Women’s rights????? Mitten’s record on Bain???? WTF?????#PresidentialDebate2012

— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) October 4, 2012

Chicago rules

#Obama has forgotten the Chicago rules. He brought a knife to a gun fight. #debates

— Hisham Melhem (@hisham_melhem) October 4, 2012

No time for niceties.

One thing I hate about Obama is how he tends to carry himself with dignity and not go right for the jugular. #debates

— Alex Blagg (@alexblagg) October 4, 2012

Decided voters

I was gonna vote for [insert candidate] but after watching the debate Iâ??m going to vote for [that exact same candidate.] – Everyone #debates

— Chris Rock (@chrisrockoz) October 4, 2012

Tweets compiled by Safiya Ahmed.