Romney endorses Obama’s foreign policy
In tonight’s presidential debate, with a few exceptions, Mitt Romney endorsed President Obama’s foreign policy…but said he’d do it better.
Never mind that he disagreed with running mate Paul Ryan’s assertion that a fixed date for withdrawing from Afghanistan is a bad idea. Never mind that he now says going after Osama bin Laden was the right call when he previously said it wasn’t worth moving heaven and earth to get him.
Which raises the question: Obama has done so well, why take a chance on a man who can’t seem to stick to a position. Do we really think foreign leaders haven’t heard Romney’s contradictions?
At times, Romney sounded like a man running for the Nobel Peace Prize. Honestly, I never understood why they gave it to Obama, and since both men like the drone attacks, it seems unlikely the Nobel committee will honor either one of them anytime soon.
Instant polls after the debate suggest Obama won the debate by a slim margin, but the debate changed few minds. The neocons have to wonder where their guy went, but they’d vote for a ham sandwich before they’d vote for Obama, so the debate won’t matter.
George Hunsucker
Northland
7 months agoI shed a tear for you George…..
William R. Nelson
7 months agoMost odd was something that’s been highlighted before: the appearance of Obama as the challenger and Romney as the incumbent. Obama often speaks as if he’s simply an adviser and hasn’t been in power these previous 4 years.
I think Romney’s whole debate strategy was to appear Presidential and sway Independents. By the above metric, he succeeded.
The insta-polls do tell a good story.
From PPP: “More/less likely to vote after debate” - Obama 32 more/48 less. Romney 47 more/35 less.” That leaves a big tent for the Independents to fill up.
From CNN: “Who did debate make you more likely to vote for? Obama 24%, Romney 25%, Neither 50%.” Heh.