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Quotes of the Day -- The Debate Edition "Someone wrote me an email and said they thought the Secret Service was going to intervene." -- Politico's Mike Allen early this morning on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." By Far, Funniest Reaction of the Night "Mitt shot his whole wad in the first debate." -- D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton. Whoa, Eleanor, HUH?! WaPo's Mike DeBonis tried to come to her defense, saying, "To defend Eleanor Norton a bit, she's an aficionado of antique muzzle loading firearms. I hope." Sweet and Sour Reaction to Candy "Candy Crowley holding the reins tight tonight…no shenanigans in her house." -- NBC's and E!'s Ryan Seacrest. "Best & worst moment of debate was Candy correcting Romney - she was right, but I'm not sure she should have inserted herself in that way." -- Roll Call's Emily Pierce. "Righties already trying to make this about the Qs and moderator." -- Politico's SENIOR political reporter Jonathan Martin in what may be his first understandable tweet in awhile. Congrats JMart! "I'm terribly disappointed in Candy. I defended her today, and I was wrong." -- Houston Chronicle political blogger and Newsbusters' Kathleen McKinley. "Ok Candy, you better facilitate, not follow-up!" -- Conservative blogger Matt Mackowiack. "Candy Crowley proved why these media fact checkers are toxic liars." -- Breitbart.com's John Nolte. "(I worked with Candy Crowley at CNN and think she's terrific)" -- CBS News investigative journo Sharyl Attkisson. "A lot of anger on the Twitters at Crowley for challenging Mitt. You see, that isn't supposed to happen." -- WaPo lefty blogger Greg Sargent. "I must say that if you aren't drinking some Jack Daniels during this debate you really are missing something." -- Roll Call Columnist and Political Analyst Stuart Rothenberg. "Who won the debate tonight? Candy Crowley. She knew her facts and made sure she pointed them out to her opponents. She's got my vote." -- Author Jonathan Krohn. Debate Recap: Top Quotes "If Sec. Clinton is responsible for the security failure in Benghazi, who is responsible for 8 days of of b.s.about what happened that day?" -- FNC's Brit Hume. "As a woman voter, I feel very wanted tonight!" -- ABC talk show host Katie Couric. "OMG. Panelist on FOX News just said 'BULLSHIT!'" -- ABC7's Mike Conneen. "I was filing during that Libya exchange, but holy living fuck." -- TPM's Brian Beutler. "Candy Crowley halts Romney in his tracks, calling him out live in real time on an incorrect Libya statement." -- NYT's Ashley Parker. "I'm excitable - but politics is about emotion as well as reason. My view is Obama halted Mitt's momentum in its tracks." -- The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan. "Watching the @politicolive show again on dc newschannell 8. Forget how fun it was to watch, albeit kind of a train wreck." -- QGA and longtime Senate flack Jim Manley. "The town hall debate format makes me feel bad about the human condition, like that "What Would You Do" hidden camera show. #sighbinder" -- Digital media exec Kenny Day. "Bottom line: Obama was far more aggressive this time, these 2 men don't like each other and this race is still a toss-up." -- The Hill's Managing Editor Bob Cusack. "No one puts baby in a binder." -- National Journal's Chris Frates. "Ok, goodnight everyone. tucking myself into my binder for some shuteye." -- AtlanticWire Senior Writer Jen Doll. "Chris Matthews is wetting his pants in joy, gibbering like a meth freak on laughing gas." -- Conservative blogger and former TWTer Robert Stacy McCain. "Bottom bottom line: Obama shows up big timme and wins. Is it enough to reverse the polarities?" -- HuffPost's Howard Fineman. "MSNBC fawning. Fox News fuming. A pox on both your houses." -- WaPo's Dan Zak. "Love switching channels. MSNBC says clr Obama win, CNN, eh, slight Obama edge. Fox still talking about Benghazi." -- NYT's Jonathan Weisman. "Did Van Jones just call Mitt Romney a 'DOUCHE' on CNN - @CNNSituationRoom? Wow, didn't think that was permitted." -- former Eric Cantor Spokesman Brad Dayspring, who now works as senior adviser to the YG Action Fund. Greta sees hot pink and blue "Yes, it is true...both wives in a hot pink (or at least on my monitor it looks like hot pink but faces can be bluish on my tv monitor)" -- FNC's Greta Van Susteren. Important Q to Ponder: "Do I have time to make pierogies before this debate? Yes, yes I do!" -- The Washington Examiner's Nikki Schwab. Something else to Ponder: "How, in a country as powerful and dynamic as ours, could bindersfullofwomen.com not already be taken?" -- WSJ's Neil King. The Observer "You keep it crazy, Bobby Jindal." -- Ronan Farrow, son of Mia and Woody Allen, reacting to post debate interviews from Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Farrow is a writer, human rights lawyer and formerly Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's Special Adviser for Global Youth issues. And another journo eats chicken... "Chicken in pot, my debate night tradition. Thanks, Herbert Hoover!" -- blogger and pundit Craig Crawford. Anonymous writes in, "That's a sweet tradition, but his shicken looks like a dog's dinner." Good rap quote from whitest guy in Washington "Mystikal: That's right my meat and potatoes come from my lyrical label I throw my rhymes for No Limit like Jeff George throw for the Raiders" -- NBC's Luke Russert. Ouch! "Joe Scarborough will suck-up to a guest, then trash-talk them 24 hours later. Tells you all you need to know...#MSNBCfail" -- The Daily Caller TV Reporter Jeff Poor. Peter Ogburn and Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.

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