I think it is a general consensus that not all of what Mitt Romney says in the debates is entirely accurate, so I can't write articles debunking all of his ridiculous claims. However there is one important, commonly-held misconception that he has mentioned in both debates that President Obama failed to correct him on.
It's the deficit. Romney has repeatedly said that the President has doubled the deficit even though he previously had promised to cut it in half, but that simply is not true. Both Politifact and factcheck.org have debunked that claim stating that the President has actually cut the deficit by 8%.
Of course 8% is hardly half and Romney might have a point to say he did keep with his promise, but he should not be allowed to go around giving out completely false statistics like he has throughout the entire race.
Additionally Obama's budget plan actually has concrete deficit reduction measures through a combination of tax increases and spending cuts unlike Romney's which does not touch tax revenue (his tax plan also does not work, but that's a post for another day) and promises to cut spending even though he has barely outlined enough to reduce the deficit in any noticeable fashion.
Link to the Politifact article referred to: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/oct/05/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-barack-obama-has-doubled-deficit/
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