Tuesday, October 23, 2012

3rd Presidential Debate

     Watching the debate, I am impressed in the way that both men have presented themselves. Both men seem to be physically capable to debate, unlike Obama at the first debate who seemed tired and worn down, and both were clear on their answers, unlike Romney's somewhat vague responses during the town hall debate. I feel that both of the men put on their best performances, and their opinions were made most clear and presented in the most professional manner.
     Anybody who argues that Obama has not improved our nation over his presidency is mistaken, so I think the most important part of how the debate ran was how Romney outlined his proposed strategies in a concise manner. Romney has to prove himself, Obama already has in the past four years. In this debate, Romney has done a better job at presenting both himself and his views to the audience. He, in my opinion, lost to Obama at the Town Hall debate because he was not clear on how he was going to carry out his policies, but Romney changed that in this debate, as seen in his outlining of what he would focus on to build the American economy. Despite his improvement, I felt that he was copying the way Obama outlined his points.
     I also applaud the way that Romney handled Obama's accusations of him "always being wrong" when it came to foreign policy. I do not know about Romney's opinions of America's interactions with other nations, and Obama may very well be correct that Romney is "always wrong". Anybody in the audience could see that this was a direct attack on Romney, but Romney very professionally made it clear that there was no place for personal charges and accusations in their debate on foreign policy. That is exactly the kind of conduct I would expect from a presidential nominee and was frankly a little disappointed that Obama would put himself down onto that level.  

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