Obama said Romney had switched his position on guns. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney signed a 2004 extension of a ban on assault weapons, at the time saying "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people." Also as governor, however, Romney enacted a statewide "Right to Bear Arms Day," which is held on May 7 to "honor law-abiding citizens and their right to 'use firearms in defense of their families, persons, and property for all lawful purposes, including common defense'," according to his campaign website. In 2006, ahead of his bid for the 2008 Republican nomination, he became a lifelong member of the NRA. politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

China became a big topic on the trail last month, as the Obama administration filed a trade complaint with the World Trade Organization against China claiming the country has illegally subsidized automotive exports and undercut American suppliers. Romney's campaign, meanwhile, launched repeated attacks that Obama has been weak in "standing up to China." politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

The second debate tonight starts just under a half hour from now: former Rep. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, and Attorney General Rob McKenna, a Republican, go head to head to head. They're running to be governor of Washington state.

But CNN and the CNN Political Ticker has live reaction to the heated Obama-Romney faceoff and reality checks to the candidates' claims.

Here's the Ticker write-up on "binders full of women":

As Mitt Romney explained, "I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks,' and they brought us whole binders full of women."

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's comment went viral on social media during Tuesday night's presidential debate,

So, how did everyone do with the unofficial CNN drinking game? Keep it going! eatocracy.cnn.com

Candy said she was most surprised at how fast the time flies during the debate.

Sitting on the stage, Candy said she didn't feel like there was personal animosity between the two candidates, but an "urgency vibe."

Jessica Yellin now has "Mitt Romney" in the spin room. Well, John Kerry, who played Mitt Romney. What does he think? Live now on CNN.

"I think the president overwhelmed Mitt Romney tonight," says Sen. John Kerry, who aided Obama's preparations by standing in for Romney during mock debate sessions. "On taxes, the president made it clear that Mitt Romney's tax plan does not add up.... Mitt Romney keeps insisting that he says it won't increase the deficit, it won't.... You just can't trust this guy."