He looked like he had been only reading Huffington Post and the Daily Kos the last 4 years. Romney moved and jabbed all around him, I feel like. And he looked pissed. Could be a whole new ball game.
Good lord! That must be like watching the Teamsters beat up a group of shiftless workers for being overpaid.
Don't think it will matter much. There was enough insinuating that the other guy was lying that I think a casual observer will just believe the opposition is making stuff up.
It wasn't as bad for Obama as they are making it. But it won't matter. The media hated it and even PBS is having a hard time playing neutral. True story. Also, Romney walked into Colorado and said COAL three times at the top of his lungs. Obama. Said. Nothing. In. Response.
Also, this is two meh performances for Obama in a row. They better hope Uncle Joe has done his homework against Ryan.
This sums it up. He seemed to respond to the wrong things, and ignore the critical ones. For those that don't know, Colorado is an energy state in a big way. Tons of wind farms, solar is coming in big, and a little hydro-electric. And huge amounts of coal. And more oil in shale and sand than in Saudi Arabia. And it is pock-marked with natural gas like a ginger's freckled ass. Many people make money in various ways off of energy in this state.
He accidentally said "everyone gets their fair share" before correcting himself to "gives." Between the two, it was a major face palm.
I'm left leaning, let's face it. BUT: 1) Lying is so strong a word as to be ironic. 2) I agree that Romney wasn't laying out much substance to his own policies, but he landed jabs all over Obama and Obama failed to return the favor. Where was the 47 % invocation? Where was the revisiting of major policy position changes over the last 4 and 10 years? C'mon, man. Obama walked into this unprepared.
Look, this is the guy that got drubbed by Sarah Palin last go round. No one watches VP debates so it doesn't matter, but you don't want to have a narrative written about your campaign and all the reasons it is going south in the middle of October. Shore that ship up and beat the guy is all I'm saying
Oh yes, and the beacon of truth was standing a few feet to his left... Rain is wet, bama cheats, and politicians lie.
Debate was too high-brow to hold people's attention. It wasn't rocket science, but there was a lot more policy minutia being discussed that usual. Not a game-changer.
