Election 2012: The Best Twitter Responses to Wednesday's Presidential Debate

Via: TV Guide

Mitt Romney, Big Bird | Photo Credits: Getty Images; Children's Television Workshop

Wednesday’s debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney  was the most tweeted-about event in U.S. political history, according to Twitter’s government and politics team. Users sent 10.3 million debate-related tweets in 90 minutes, with commentary spiking at such memorable moments as Romney’s mention of Big Bird as he discussed cutting funding to PBS (“I like Big Bird!” he said) and moderator Jim Lehrer‘s often unsuccessful attempts to cut the speakers off.



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