A feisty, articulate and confident President Obama, who went missing two weeks ago, returned to the stage Tuesday in his second debate with Mitt Romney. It was a performance likely to halt the momentum the Republican has enjoyed since their last encounter and to set up an extremely close finish in the race for the White House.
The challenger seemed a bit off his game, in part because he was fielding questions about social policies — such as gun control, women’s rights and immigration — that put the president on his most comfortable ground. But Romney made no huge missteps that are likely to make a huge difference in a contest in which the men have been in a virtual dead heat for months.
