I might be in the minority, but I thought Obama gave the best presentation of his ideas that I’ve ever seen or heard. His problem is that his ideas are critically flawed and his record of performance stinks. Hard to get past that.
It would have given Romney the opportunity to negate the falsehoods that people think Romney meant, and there goes any effectiveness from Obama’s negative Romeny ads.
Obama wants the “47%” to pay more for living along with everyone else.
“President Obama Wants Higher Energy Prices”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma1gwZYw1cY
“Obama Wants Gas Prices to Hit European Levels”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0CzERzEZg
“Obama says he wants high gas prices - YouTube”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VquNu30hDe8
The 47 percent.
I don’t know which is worse. Democrats not owning up to this key issue, or Romney taking it back.
If Obama comes back as aggressive and mean, it will turn away independents. They started to turn away during the Joe Soptic attack and he had to back off quickly. That’s why the indies will not only swing to a challenger, but especially someone like Romney, who knows his stuff. Romney stands there, looking presidential and rather paternalistic, and so reassuring. That’s what is going to cause indies and many Dems to break for him, INHO.
That was my take on why he didn’t use. He didn’t want to give Romney a chance to clear the air and make him look like the idiot he is. The simplest explanation is the best!
Obama was doing in this campaign what all Dem candidates do. They draw a cartoon of their opponent and they run against the cartoon. Unfortunately he got a dose of reality when the viewers could see for themselves that Romney was anything but a cartoon. The only cartoon on the stage was Wiley Coyote Obama who had an anvil dropped on his head at the debate.
There may be another reason. Remember that old Obama video that popped up? They don’t want to see that Obama again.
Something I noticed during the debate.
Something that might be funny in a relaxed conversation, or on a thread on FR, but not on TV in front of millions.
Obama said he had a TWO PART PLAN. He went on to define it as ... ‘A’, I will do blah,blah,blah.
(At this point I told my son, watch, he will now say ‘2’, instead of ‘B’)
Obama then went on, and said... ‘2’ is .....blah, blah, blah.
AM I the only one that caught that ?