Debate Number Eleventy-BajillionFollow

#212gbaji, Posted: Oct 24 2012 at 4:12 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) It's on foreign policy. Most voters don't understand foreign policy, and it's not anywhere near as important to most voters right now as the economy is. Romney's strategy was to show he could speak intelligently about various countries and issues involving each of them, avoid any major mistakes he could be attacked on, and steer things back to economic issues as often as possible. By that measurement he succeeded fantastically. This debate really wasn't about who scored the most points among the political wonks, but who looked presidential and in control.

#218gbaji, Posted: Oct 24 2012 at 4:55 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) That he looked presidential and in control. Obama was in attack mode, but failed to score more than the most superficial of hits. Romney, on the other hand, controlled the debate. He played rope-a-dope with the president. Quite well really. He made himself look like the front runner and Obama the guy trying to catch up. This allows him to maintain his momentum. And that's really all that matters. Again, it's not really about who is better at foreign policy (cause 99% of the folks at home don't have a clue anyway). It's about who looks more like a president. That's the battle Romney was fighting. Obama made the mistake of fighting the wrong battle is all.

#220gbaji, Posted: Oct 24 2012 at 5:02 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Again: Apples and oranges. Do you even understand that the challenger and the incumbent have different things they need to accomplish with these debates? It really isn't about just scoring the debates like it's two college kids in class. It's about how the performance in the debate affects the election. You have to understand that and then understand what each candidate is trying to accomplish and *then* you can judge a debate performance.