( CNN ) -- The key to President Barack Obama 's triumphant performance in Monday night 's debate was not his command of the facts , his well-crafted answers or his cutting comeback lines . It was one thing : the stone cold , laser-like stare Obama shot his opponent when Mitt Romney was answering questions . I call it `` Obama-stare '' -- but unlike Obamacare , this Obama plan may not be good for your health . For those , like me , who watch the other candidate closely when his opponent is answering a question , the contrast between Obama and Romney 's reactions was like comparing Darth Vader with Honey Boo Boo . Romney 's look vacillated between forced smiles to that of a person whose stomach was alarmingly churning and was worried he would n't make it to the bathroom in time . But Obama pinned Romney with the look -- Obama-stare . It 's not a look we saw at the previous debates . ( Of course , Obama did n't even attend the first one . ) Opinion : Obama in command ; Romney plays it safe . Obama-stare resembles the grimace that Wyatt Earp might have had on his face moments before guns were drawn at the famed gunfight at the OK Corral . Or even Clint Eastwood 's classic scowl in his `` Dirty Harry '' movies just before shooting a bad guy -- not to be confused with the look he recently gave to an empty chair . The Obama-stare is more than just a laser-like game face -- apparently it causes people to agree with him on issue after issue . Obama-stare is more akin to Obi-Wan Kenobi 's use of the Jedi mind trick , or vampires on `` True Blood '' glamouring someone into saying exactly what they want to hear . Romney agreed with Obama so often I thought Mitt was going to endorse him . How else can anyone explain why Romney -- who is highly critical of Obama 's foreign policy when he is out on the campaign trail -- would agree with the president on issue after issue when placed in the same room ? Romney appeared as if he was n't vying for commander in chief as much as for `` agree-er in chief . '' For starters , Romney praised Obama regarding Osama bin Laden : `` I congratulate him on taking out Osama bin Laden and going after the leadership in al Qaeda . '' Romney then agreed with Obama 's policy regarding Egypt during the Arab Spring : `` I believe , as the president indicated , and said at the time that I supported his -- his action there . '' Opinion : Romney endorses Obama 's national security policies . Romney continued his `` I agree with Obama '' tour with regard to Israel : `` I want to underscore the same point the president made , which is that if I 'm president of the United States ... we will stand with Israel . '' And on the Obama administration 's use of drones , Romney agreed some more : `` I support that and entirely , and feel the president was right to up the usage of that technology . ... '' Romney also concurred with the president on employing a host of tough sanctions against Iran . ( But I wish he would 've said he would impose `` a binder full of sanctions . '' ) And Romney agreed with Obama that at this time , he would not call for the deployment of U.S. military personnel into Syria to stop the bloody conflict there . True , there were some disagreements . But those were mostly in the area of domestic policy , which oddly dominated the middle portion of the foreign policy debate . Thankfully , moderator Bob Schieffer finally regained control and returned the candidates to foreign policy . I can only assume someone texted Schieffer the words `` Jim Lehrer . '' I 'm sure there will be those who fault Romney for agreeing so often with Obama instead of articulating a stark contrast on foreign policy . But it was truly refreshing to see a Democrat and Republican actually agreeing on issues . Opinion : Was Obama too relentless with Romney ? Now , if the president can just figure out how to use Obama-stare on the entire Congress , maybe then we would see Congress get something done . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dean Obeidallah .
Dean Obeidallah : The Two-WayA new poll shows that the public is more supportive of President Obama's plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans than they are of his proposal for a government-run health care system. Obeidallah : Romney 's look turned from forced smiles to that of someone who 's really queasy . He says the stare 's power seemed to make Romney agree with Obama over and over . If Obama could train the stare on Congress , he says , maybe something would get done .