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October 04, 2012 | | REJUVENATION 1. Romney Kills It! Don’t say this campaign lacks substance: in the first presidential debate Wednesday night, President Obama and Mitt Romney dug deep into the specifics of their clashing views on taxes, the federal budget, and economic growth. Though the encounter was sober and almost totally free of ad hominem bickering, Romney was widely believed to have bested the president by speaking clearly and responding aggressively, taking command of the discussion, and smoothing over the more controversial aspects of his record. Howard Kurtz, Andrew Sullivan, Michelle Goldberg, Peter Beinart and more weigh in on the Denver wonkfest. Plus, see who lied in our big fat debate fact-check. WOMP WOMP He wasn’t exactly sweaty-Nixonesque, but the Obama on display in Denver was more flaccid, dull-brained, and shifty than we’ve ever seen him in the White House. One thing is clear: Romney’s a debater—and he’s likable, says Tunku Varadarajan. DAY TWO Turkey extended its strikes on Syria for a second day after a shell fired from inside Syria levelled a house the Turkish village of Ackacale, killing a woman, her three daughters, and another woman. Turkey immediately responded by shooting artillery deep into Syria, and are now continuing to fire on Syrian targets. Turkey has not declared war, but its parliament approved an emergency bill that would allow cross-border action without the help of Turkey’s Western and Arab allies. NATO strongly condemned the attack, calling Syria’s blast a “flagrant violation of international law.” NABBED An anonymous Mexican Army officer says two suspects were arrested Wednesday in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Nicholas Ivie, Reuters reports. Ivie was responding to a tripped ground sensor in the border area in Arizona. Another officer was injured and a third escaped what officials think may have been an ambush. The suspects are being held in a Mexican military facility just a few miles from the border, in Agua Prieta. PAPER TRAIL In their hurry to get the hell out of Benghazi, American personnel at the U.S. consulate there seem to have left a few things behind. A few weeks after the Sept. 11 attack that killed 4 Americans, a Washington Post reporter found sensitive documents scattered around in the rubble, including detailed plans for the consulate’s security at certain times of the day and when certain people were present. The gates of the U.S. compound were locked several days after the bombing, but in the initial chaos, looters and others were free to walk around, and many documents seem to have disappeared. | | 
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