Courtesy of Mish.
I watched the entire debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney tonight. As an independent voter, I have to say this was not even close.
Romney won the debate easily. He was confident, poised, respectful of Obama, and was willing to look at the president instead of the floor.
In contrast, president Obama kept looking down, kept shaking his head, and posture-wise seemed as if he was ashamed to be on the stage with Romney.
Style Over Substance
I still have to ask: Did either candidate really say anything we did not already know?
The answer is “not really”. Obama kowtowed to unions and teachers. Romney kowtowed to the military. Did anyone expect otherwise?
We still do not know what differences there are, if any, between Obamacare and Romeneycare.
In terms of sound-bites, however, it was a blowout. Romney delivered, Obama didn’t.
If you are an Obama supporter who sees it differently, then you are playing mind-over-matter political cheerleading.
In the pre-debate chatter Republicans stressed the debate would be about substance over style. It turns out there was no substance at all, rather a blowout of style over non-style.
Substance? What Substance?
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