1st Debate

• gut

  "Trickle down govt"...point, Romney
• sleeper

  

  All important issues aside, I hate Romney's face.
• sleeper

  

  Romney is doing well though.
• gut

  I don't know if it's the camera angle or what, but it looks unnatural the way he stares directly at you.
• gut

  Sitting there with that smug smile while Obama lies his ass off won't score Romney any points, either.
• Terry_Tate

  

  I'm already sick of them talking about taxes, just keep saying the same things.
• gut

  Man, Romney nailed it though with "I've got 5 boys...I'm used to people repeating the same lie over and over hoping I'll believe it"
• sleeper

  

  Obama has been laughable so far. Just keeps hammering all these useless talking points.
• gut

  Romney should counter the "middle class tax breaks" with how that's more than offset by a decline in wages.
• sleeper

  

  I don't like when candidates badger the moderator. Romney has been pretty annoying in regards to this.
• sleeper

  

  Romney is doing really well and Obama knows it.
• gut

  This is a bloodbath....Everything Romney is saying, by the way, is spot on. But words =/= action
• sleeper

  

  I think its pretty apparent Romney actually did his homework and Obama continuously spews talking point after talking point.
• jhay78

  

  Romney is performing well, although I would like to see him speak to the audience (both in person and on TV) about the president instead of speaking to him so much. I'm sure he'll get there though.
• sleeper

  

  Obama is talking about all these things that aren't right in this country. Does he not remember that he is President and actually has been in the position to do something the past 4 years?
• sleeper

  

  jhay78;1286637 wrote:Romney is performing well, although I would like to see him speak to the audience (both in person and on TV) about the president instead of speaking to him so much. I'm sure he'll get there though.

  I've noticed that too.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  I kind of like this format, with the enlonged conversation, but Jim Lehrer needs to throw down the law. They are really taking over the rules and driving the debate. Questions and Answers are still vague.
  
  No mention of the January 2 fiscal cliff.
  
  But, from a strictly middle of the road view, Romney has fared better.
• gut

  sleeper;1286635 wrote:I think its pretty apparent Romney actually did his homework and Obama continuously spews talking point after talking point.

  Obama doesn't understand economics and fiscal policy. He's incapable of performing well on the fly, that's why he just keeps hammering the same talking points even after Romney has smashed them.
  
  Could see a reversal in subsequent debates on foreign policy.
• sleeper

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1286642 wrote:I kind of like this format, with the enlonged conversation, but Jim Lehrer needs to throw down the law. They are really taking over the rules and driving the debate. Questions and Answers are still vague.
  
  No mention of the January 2 fiscal cliff.
  
  But, from a strictly middle of the road view, Romney has fared better.

  This!
• jhay78

  

  Yikes.
  
  Now I know why this week every DNC and liberal media talking head sprinted to every nearby microphone to downplay expectations for Obama in the debate.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  ccrunner609;1286651 wrote:OMG, you have to be kidding me?

  Given Romney's Op-ed's and his speeches, looking objectively, the President still should hold court.
  Romney's Op-ed on the Middle East last week was a joke.
  
  But, Romney is definitely looking better tonight.
  The President is too vague.
• gut

  ccrunner609;1286651 wrote:OMG, you have to be kidding me?

  There aren't a lot of facts and science behind it. It's where Obama can really shine with his bs and talking points. And it's a case where Obama can arguably draw some positive contrasts with the prior administration. He'll spin Romney's positions that differ into parallels with Bush, and then talk about those failures.
• bases_loaded

  

  Did Obama declare Social Security structurally sound?
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  bases_loaded;1286656 wrote:Did Obama declare Social Security structurally sound?

  They both did for seniors.
  
  SS is not the problem. It is Medicare. That is the killer. We are getting fatter and older.
• gut

  bases_loaded;1286656 wrote:Did Obama declare Social Security structurally sound?

  At this point. He said it needs tweaking. I think that's fairly accurate. Currently it's not a major driver of the deficit, if at all. Medicare is the big problem.