Press Applaud Obama

The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto has a column seeking to explain why the press applauded President Obama in the debate when he said his pension isn't as big as Mitt Romney's: "affluent people with elitist pretensions often have a strong distaste for the wealthy, especially those, like Romney, who earned their riches by being successful in business. If you want to find bitterness against 'the 1%,' don't look at 'the 99%.' Instead, focus in on the 98th percentile." Mr. Taranto also has some shrewd analysis of Candy Crowley's performance as debate moderator, particularly in the Libya portion of the debate.