Debate No. 2: Narrow win for Romney
E. Thomas McClanahanSomebody gave the prez a can of Red Bull for this one. He was much more animated and assertive. But I give Romney the edge.
He made a key point on immigration when he noted that President Obama failed to offer a bill when his party held the Congress. He also scored when he gave that devastating litany of broken Obama promises — like cut the deficit in half — and on energy.
Obama tried to take credit for the surge in American oil and gas, which he had nothing to do with. In fact, yesterday The Wall Street Journal had an editorial pointing out that a few weeks ago, the Obama administration closed off drilling in nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Obama also rolled out the stale “policies that got us into this mess” talking point that earned him three Pinocchios from The Washington Post’s fact checker.
Romney failed to get a clean hit on Libya, but Candy Crowley seems to have muddled the issue even more on whether Obama admitted it was a planned attack in his Rose Garden statement. Later he appeared on The View and refused to call it terrorism. The questions over Benghazi will continue to swirl.
Romney would have done better for himself by bringing up the “47 percent” matter on his own, thus controlling how it comes out. He had to know it was coming. As it happened, it ended up at the end of the debate. Not good for his cause.
Now we see if tonight’s festivities moved the needle on the election. My guess is not much, if at all.
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoNext MOnday is foreign policy and you can be sure Romney will not give the big 0 a pass on Libya then!
the big 0 openly lied on what he said in the Rose Garden speech Sept. 12. He was even saying 2 WEEKS after the attack “we’re investigating”… and of course his UN speech mentioned the youtube video six times as being the cause… what a “leader”….
Mark Hastert
7 months ago“the big 0 openly lied on what he said in the Rose Garden speech Sept. 12.”
….see GH this is why you need to broaden your news sources. After the debate another station played the video and yes, the President referred to the attack as terrorism.
Steve Alleman
Kansas City
7 months agoStill trying to gain political advantage over an attack on an American consulate in a foreign country where four Americans died? Don’t you guys ever learn?
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoOh, you mean like Susan Rice, Steve, or were you thinking of something else?
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoAh, the ever-tolerant libs….
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoAh, the ever-tolerant libs….
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoLet’s try this again….
The ever-tolerant libs…
http://www.infowars.com/threats-to-assassinate-romney-explode-after-debate/
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoJust to set the record straight on Libya… even the lib moderator says Romney had it right….
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/16/fact-check-did-obama-really-call-consulate-attack-in-libya-act-terror/
Phil Cardarella
7 months agoOK, Mac, we all like to have a drink or two while watching the debates, but…
While Obama did not kick Mitt’s behind as badly as Biden humiliated Ryan, fact is Mitt got the worse of this one.