Been watching CNN. About spot on with their analysis, i think, in that it basically boiled down to Romney looking like he wanted to be there and Obama didn't. Maybe it was the presidential bubble and Obama being surrounded by advisors and media that enjoy the taste of his asshole around every turn. Obama didn't look at Romney much, he looked lethargic and and stumbled a little bit more.
I think the biggest error for the democrats coming out of this and perhaps going in were to harp on lack of specifics from Romney. Not that he has a tons of them but Romney threw out lots of specifics in different areas. Obama kept sticking to the "Romney doesn't give specifics" idea even when Romney was giving specifics.
Chalk one up for Romney without a doubt. Two more though and this could be an eye opener for Obama. I doubt he'll be this lifeless in the next one.
You're not being... specific enough. Obama was charging Romney with not being specific about his plans for the future, such as with medicare, as he was laying blanket assertions such as "mine does this and that" without actually detailing what his plan is. It's easy to spout off possibilities from a non-committal standpoint when you're not in a position of power to do such things. Why should we trust Romney? He is known to say whatever needs to be said to gain public opinion in any given situation. He is two-faced. I don't know how people can like him. I have come to the conclusion that it is a default position to like Romney, because they simply can't stand Obama for ideological differences. People buy into the conservative hype of creating expectations for a president coming into term with a major recession, and based on this ultra-high standard, everything he does necessarily fails. They would never have applied the same standard to McCain had he won. No way. Therefore, it has nothing to do with what the president has or has not done since he was in office. It has simply to do with hating everything he has done, because he is not a conservative. In other words, it is one big ad hominem attack on the presidency, not attacking the "what" but attacking the "who," and when attacking the "what" it is only because of the "who." I find conservatives, for this reason, to be highly immature. With Bush, we had reason to be upset. He sent us into a war we didn't need to fight, and in doing so, spent money that we needed here. That is a good reason to be pissed. Being mad at a president for not miraculously fixing a major recession is not warranted, and is unjustified. The willingness to throw flame on a president trying to fix this situation because of ideological ire, is really immature.
