Presidential Debate #1 - Wednesday Oct 3rd (represent, voting, campaign, thought)

[MA2NC2012]

Originally Posted by Maabus1999

But as the CNN pundits pointed out, this is common for incumbents so they expect Obama to go on the attack and hit back hard in the next debate. Kerry did handly beat Bush in the first debate as they pointed out. It just means this is a major wake up call to Obama that they can't be as passive as they have been.

Not the way I see it... Romney went for the offense and Obama did not.. I am sure there was areas on for no offense from Obama.. no mention of 47%, no mention of bain ..no nothing.. I am not sure Obama's no offense was a good strategy.....

[smittyjohnny38]

Originally Posted by helenejen

Comments like this are what keep more people from voting Republican.

Lighten up Francis.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by southbel

CNN reporting from their poll of registered voters on who won the debate.
Romney 67%
Obama 25%

The middle class lost.

[luzianne]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Skeffington

He kept looking down - or was he looking for the teleprompter?

He probably had crib notes down there.

[coped]

Originally Posted by rikoshaprl

That's what they make in many parts of the country. In the NYC suburbs they make $120,000 for a 2nd grade teacher!

No they don't. If you're going to make ridiculous claims you need to provide some evidence.

[calipoppy]

Mitt will not get the bump that he thinks he will and he has made so many campaign mistakes that he will not get the traction he hopes for.

[helenejen]

Originally Posted by rikoshaprl

True, but what could be more educational than this?

Reading Mad Magazine or watching that Honey Boo Boo show.

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by unicane

Mitts was detalied, prepared and percise

see how easy it is to just

say things

Romney doesn't have any detailed plans:

"I won't raise taxes" (no details)

"I will lower the deficit" (jobs will somehow show up increasing the tax stream??? how?)

"I will keep military the same" (while lowering the deficit yeah...no details)

"I will repeal obamacare" (keeping people insured somehow?...no details)

"States will handle education and healthcare" (no details)

[Yankees1212]

Originally Posted by TrapperJohn

Factcheck just called Obama a liar. His claim that he's created 5 million jobs is only off by about 5 million jobs.

Yep, net gain was around a couple hundred thousand, as opposed to Obama's ridiculous claim.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by Oldhag1

My favorite comment from a town hall commenter:
Until tonight Obama has defined Romney for me, tonight Romney finally defined himself.

Great comment. He did seem to clear up a lot of misconceptions that have been floating around the past several weeks. I enjoyed the debate. Both respectful of one another which can be difficult in a situation like that. I liked it.