Romney won. It seemed like he was doing better from the beginning. But it really doesn’t matter. He is too far behind, and Obama is going to bring up all the big weapons in the next few debates. He didn’t use 47%. He didn’t bring up the tax returns. He didn’t talk about the Cayman Islands. He didn’t talk about Bain Capital throwing people out of work.
Obama looks very tired at the beginning. I think he had low energy and wouldn’t be surprised if he was sick.
This debate is not the election. We need to look at it with clear eyes. Romney did well by being aggressive, and also by appearing as moderate as possible. He fudged the numbers and doesn’t give specifics and Obama didn’t challenge him on this very clearly. He should have been asking over and over where the cuts can come from. Ask him to do the math.
But Obama will do these things, I’m pretty sure. And he’s ahead in the polls. Romney may get a bump out of this, but not enough to win it, I think.