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LiveBlog for Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk the debate and comment on insuring social security benefits for seniors and the disabled

• David Bender, Political Director of ProgressiveVoices.com. joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau in the 11am ET / 8am PT hour to talk about last night’s big debate

Jim Messina, Obama/Biden 2012 Campaign Manager, calls in at 11:20am ET / 8:20am PT for a post-debate interview. This would actually be his first national radio interview of the 2012 campaign

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about last night’s presidential debate

A much more aggressive President Barack Obama showed up to the second presidential debate Tuesday, which at times devolved into angry crosstalk with Republican rival Mitt Romney.

• A CBS News instant poll taken after last night’s debate shows that President Obama won with 37%, Romney received 30% of the vote, and 33% said it was a tie. A PPP snap poll of Colorado voters say Obama won 48% to Romney’s 44%.

“They brought me binders full of women,” said Mitt Romney during Tuesday night’s debate. The sound bite was a comedic gift to those on Twitter and Tumblr, who immediately went to work creating memes.