- Obama was a lot better tonight. He wasn't lethargic or deferential at all. Which is appropriate. He shouldn't be, since he's President of the United States.
- Romney held his ground for the most part, although he fouled off the hanging curveball at the end about Benghazi. The obvious rejoinder to what Obama said was this -- if you knew this was an act of terror and believed it to be such from the outset, why the hell did Susan Rice go on about YouTube videos? And why did you go the U.N. and talk about YouTube videos? And why did you go on "The View" and talk about YouTube videos? And why did two weeks pass before the real story came out? Obama has no answer for these questions, as far as I can tell.
- One thing to note -- during the Benghazi discussion, moderator Candy Crowley seemed to endorse the Obama version of events. She later walked it back on CNN.
- Will this save Obama's bacon? I don't know, but my guess is no. The reason is this -- in the end, this election remains a referendum on the Obama presidency. His record, especially on economic issues, is pretty weak, essentially in Jimmy Carter territory. All Mitt Romney has had to do is to appear plausible as a president. I see no evidence that he disqualified himself tonight. Perhaps he will next Monday in Florida, but I expect that the Benghazi issue will get fleshed out a lot more there and that will not help Obama. Obama needed a knockout tonight and he didn't get it.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Very brief take on the debate
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Obama won though Repubs are saying it is a draw. Much better composed than Romney who at times looked pained and angry. One equal point was Romney still cannot give specifics on what loopholes he will close for the 1% at the top, because he doesn't have any. He's blowing smoke. Obama could not answer why he did not push harder on immigration his first year. Just side-stepped it as he was blowing smoke on that one.
Oops, forgot about this one: I agree with you on second bullet point as the embassy bombing went two weeks before Obama stopped talking about the YouTube video. The problem was the way Romney stated that Obama had not called it "a terror attack" for two weeks when technically Obama did use those words the day after in the Rose Garden. I have seen mentioned in a couple of articles that conservative tv/radio has been saying that Obama never called it a terror attack until later when that was not the case. However, that said as you stated in your point, Mr. D, you would not have known that in the way he and his administration talked about it for two weeks.
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