Going into the October 4th debate President O'Bama was on most polls a full six points ahead of Mitt Romney. It was to the point that some conservatives were moving away from him to avoid being associated with what they perceived as a possible loser.
With that six point lead the president's advisors no doubt (and this is pure speculation on my part) told him to stay calm, look presidential and no matter what, don't say anything to shoot yourself in the foot.
The pundits on conservative radio and television pulled off a near brilliant move. Weeks prior to the debate many syndicated conservatives from Limbaugh to Hannity started predicting the liberal media had already planned to frame the debate as a win for the president.In all fairness many liberal media members were predicting an O'Bama win beforehand. Now however with the intense publicity surrounding the debates outcome liberal media members ran to show off their impartiality by handing the debate to Romney.
During the debate Romney showed passion while O'Bama came off as unconcerned and almost detached. he did look authoritative but in dark economic times people really want to get the impression you care. (remember Clinton's "I feel your pain"?) It was corny but effective. Of course I think that was before we learned what else he was feeling in the white house. As I saw it Romney won the first quarter and the all important last quarter but the rest was fairly equal. There was no one-liner knockout punch, or dramatic lop sided victory. However the decision on who won was in the hands of liberal media members wanting to prove impartiality.
What started out as comments about a slight edge to Romney snow balled downhill until the morning after heard comments about O'Bama's "Dismal" performance and Romney new Rocket to the top.
The results of this will be defined in the final debate. The president needs to look passionate without looking mean, and especially NOT looking desperate. Romney needs to hammer home the 'I can fix the economy' position. If he'd stayed on that point throughout his campaign the race would be much tighter by now. You can also expect the president to come out swinging. By nature politicians are competitive, and hate to lose. He won't be taking any 'just be presidential' advice this time.
Romney did win the debate but just barely. The real losers are the media who allow themselves to played like a cheap pinball machine and still maintain a pack mentality.
With that six point lead the president's advisors no doubt (and this is pure speculation on my part) told him to stay calm, look presidential and no matter what, don't say anything to shoot yourself in the foot.
The pundits on conservative radio and television pulled off a near brilliant move. Weeks prior to the debate many syndicated conservatives from Limbaugh to Hannity started predicting the liberal media had already planned to frame the debate as a win for the president.In all fairness many liberal media members were predicting an O'Bama win beforehand. Now however with the intense publicity surrounding the debates outcome liberal media members ran to show off their impartiality by handing the debate to Romney.
During the debate Romney showed passion while O'Bama came off as unconcerned and almost detached. he did look authoritative but in dark economic times people really want to get the impression you care. (remember Clinton's "I feel your pain"?) It was corny but effective. Of course I think that was before we learned what else he was feeling in the white house. As I saw it Romney won the first quarter and the all important last quarter but the rest was fairly equal. There was no one-liner knockout punch, or dramatic lop sided victory. However the decision on who won was in the hands of liberal media members wanting to prove impartiality.
What started out as comments about a slight edge to Romney snow balled downhill until the morning after heard comments about O'Bama's "Dismal" performance and Romney new Rocket to the top.
The results of this will be defined in the final debate. The president needs to look passionate without looking mean, and especially NOT looking desperate. Romney needs to hammer home the 'I can fix the economy' position. If he'd stayed on that point throughout his campaign the race would be much tighter by now. You can also expect the president to come out swinging. By nature politicians are competitive, and hate to lose. He won't be taking any 'just be presidential' advice this time.
Romney did win the debate but just barely. The real losers are the media who allow themselves to played like a cheap pinball machine and still maintain a pack mentality.
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