(NEW YORK) — Circling each other like boxers at times and looking one another in the eye, President Obama and Mitt Romney came out swinging as soon as Tuesday night’s debate began, sparring over Libya, energy production, and an assault weapons ban.
At one point during a particularly heated exchange, Romney snapped when Obama tried to interrupt, “I’m still speaking.”
An another point, Obama said Romney’s insinuation that his administration played politics with the deaths of four Americans in Libya was “offensive.”
Obama, whose performance at the first debate two weeks ago was roundly considered to be lackluster, tried to make up lost ground Monday night.
