The Second Presidential Debate

Those of us who watched the second Presidential debate probably felt like President Obama won by a landslide. At least that's how I felt- and so did John Aravosis according to the article he wrote, Who won the debate? The Ba-Rock Star. He described Romney as being "a liar who doesn't believe in much." and that he has a lot of flip flops. I have to agree with him because I don't like the way Romney handles his debates. Even though he "won" the first debate, I didn't feel like he was being sincere, and that he was just saying things because people wanted to hear it but that he won't actually do what he's promising. I digress. I like how throughout the article, Aravosis states how president Obama won this debate. He included that Romney said Obama did not call the attack of our ambassador and "act of terror" until fourteen days later, but he was quickly shut down by both Obama and Candy Crowley saying that he indeed called it the next day. He states that the conservatives are saying that Obama's comment did not have anything to do with what happened in Libya, I don't think it could have been more obvious with the title "Remarks by the President on the Deaths of U.S. Embassy Staff in Libya”. The article goes on by saying that Romney got called out when Obama said his $5 trillion tax cut isn't adding up and people agreed. Aravosis says that Romney was being pushy throughout most of the debate; people don't like that. I sure don't want a president who promises a working tax plan but the most people see it differently. When asked about how they were different from George Bush, Aravosis states that President Obama did a "Masterful" job and of course I have to agree- because he did. He stated that we are not going to fix anything economically with social policy. Last but not least Avarosis says that Romney got a "3am call" after Obama brings up his 47% comment. I thought this was pretty funny because indeed Romney was figuratively "fumbling for his reading glasses" after that, you could see it in his face. I agree with this article, Obama did have a great night and I hope he keeps it up and proves Ray C. Fair's prediction wrong.

Zing/The debate

Let me start off by saying that I completely agree with what Jed Lewison said on the Daily Kos "Mitt Romney's debate plan: Zing and goad". Romney basically said that if he could get president Obama to say something contradicting, then he will for sure win...and to that I say no way. A good joke is fine and all but it won't make up for the fact that he dissed about all of the Hispanics, which is a good percentage of the voters. Lewison sums it up very well when he says "...there's probably a fair number of people who would cheer the president if he walked across the stage and punched Mitt Romney in the face on behalf of the tens of millions of Americans that Romney so callously dismissed." Besides that big factor, Obama is ahead, not by much though. Hopefully he can keep all of his voters after Wednesdays debate and then some.

Update: my thoughts on Wednesday's debate.
It was the first debate I ever fully watched and I have to say that I thought it was a little interesting. Despite the fact that no one, or should I say Mitt Romney, respected the 2 minute mark, the debate was ok. I am mostly worried about the future of MediCaid because I have an autistic brother that really needs it for all the doctors appointments and medication. They both seem to have a plan for that, though. I noticed that Romney wants to give the states more power and Obama wants the power to stay in the federal government; wich one is better? Well if you give money to the states, they can do whatever they want and what if they stopped giving my brother money? That wouldn't be very good. Last thing I want to say is that I agree with Obama when he kept stating that Romney wasn't saying HOW, it was like he was making empty promises. Overall, Obama still has my vote and I hope that's the right decision.