As is always the case post-debate, both campaigns are attempting to spin things in their favor to the media. This is a much more difficult task for the Romney camp than the Obama one, since most sane people with an average IQ or better believe Obama won the debate and quite handily at that.
Among undecided voters, a CBS snap poll showcased that 53% felt Obama won, while only 23% thought Governor Romney did.
According to a CNN snap poll, the margin was smaller, but Obama still won by the final count of 48% to 40%. The sample leaned Republican by five points, so when taking that into consideration, Obama's victory was closer to 13%.
In a PPP poll of swing state voters, Obama won by the final of 53% to 42%.
If we don't even include the weighting for the bias in the CNN poll, the three polls average out to about a 16-point victory for the president.
So, how are Republicans attempting to spin the debate in Romney's favor? By saying things like the following:
"Romney looked presidential."
"Romney was calm, while Obama was on the attack."
"Romney didn't make a big mistake, which makes the debate a draw."
"Romney made himself appear to be a viable alternative."
The spin, to me, has translated as follows: "Mitt didn't mess up a great deal, so therefore he wins!"
Nice try, but I'm afraid things don't work like that. If that were the case, wouldn't the Romney camp have declared Obama the winner of the first debate? He played things very cautiously, attempted to look calm and presidential and not only did conservatives declare that their candidate dominated, but many liberals stated they were disappointed by the president's performance. I personally felt that debate was a draw, but not because Obama was mistake-free. It was because I felt while on style, Romney definitely won, Obama won with substance and in my mind, substance is of greater importance than style. However, I realize a majority in the electorate are not of the same opinion as I and believe style is of greater importance than substance, so when it comes to the eye-test, Romney was seen as the victor to most people.
In staying consistent, I don't understand how Republicans can truly feel that Romney won with regard to the eye-test in last night's debate. President Obama was more aggressive, attempted to differentiate himself from Romney as much as he could and on a couple occasions, made the former Massachusetts Governor appear more clueless than a 2-year old walking by his lonesome in downtown New York City. Romney appeared lost, nervous, uncomfortable and tentative. He didn't go after Obama on Libya. Whenever he found an opening to change the subject, he did just that - to the economy mostly. The guy did not want to talk about foreign policy and why? Because it became painfully obvious after about a minute of hearing him speak that he was less educated on that front than I am on ballet dancing. Republicans can say all they want that Romney appeared presidential. All I have to say to that is if their idea of looking presidential is a clueless two-year old walking through downtown New York, sweating more than Serena Williams after playing ten consecutive hours of tennis, then Mitt Romney looked like the most presidential candidate the world has ever known. Good luck with that, and somebody get that little boy a taxi!
Among undecided voters, a CBS snap poll showcased that 53% felt Obama won, while only 23% thought Governor Romney did.
According to a CNN snap poll, the margin was smaller, but Obama still won by the final count of 48% to 40%. The sample leaned Republican by five points, so when taking that into consideration, Obama's victory was closer to 13%.
In a PPP poll of swing state voters, Obama won by the final of 53% to 42%.
If we don't even include the weighting for the bias in the CNN poll, the three polls average out to about a 16-point victory for the president.
So, how are Republicans attempting to spin the debate in Romney's favor? By saying things like the following:
"Romney looked presidential."
"Romney was calm, while Obama was on the attack."
"Romney didn't make a big mistake, which makes the debate a draw."
"Romney made himself appear to be a viable alternative."
The spin, to me, has translated as follows: "Mitt didn't mess up a great deal, so therefore he wins!"
Nice try, but I'm afraid things don't work like that. If that were the case, wouldn't the Romney camp have declared Obama the winner of the first debate? He played things very cautiously, attempted to look calm and presidential and not only did conservatives declare that their candidate dominated, but many liberals stated they were disappointed by the president's performance. I personally felt that debate was a draw, but not because Obama was mistake-free. It was because I felt while on style, Romney definitely won, Obama won with substance and in my mind, substance is of greater importance than style. However, I realize a majority in the electorate are not of the same opinion as I and believe style is of greater importance than substance, so when it comes to the eye-test, Romney was seen as the victor to most people.
In staying consistent, I don't understand how Republicans can truly feel that Romney won with regard to the eye-test in last night's debate. President Obama was more aggressive, attempted to differentiate himself from Romney as much as he could and on a couple occasions, made the former Massachusetts Governor appear more clueless than a 2-year old walking by his lonesome in downtown New York City. Romney appeared lost, nervous, uncomfortable and tentative. He didn't go after Obama on Libya. Whenever he found an opening to change the subject, he did just that - to the economy mostly. The guy did not want to talk about foreign policy and why? Because it became painfully obvious after about a minute of hearing him speak that he was less educated on that front than I am on ballet dancing. Republicans can say all they want that Romney appeared presidential. All I have to say to that is if their idea of looking presidential is a clueless two-year old walking through downtown New York, sweating more than Serena Williams after playing ten consecutive hours of tennis, then Mitt Romney looked like the most presidential candidate the world has ever known. Good luck with that, and somebody get that little boy a taxi!
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