And so the first presidential debate of 2012 is in the books.
Romney 1.
Obama 0.
Obama hasn’t taken a shellacking like that since the 2010 midterm elections.
It was so one sided that even liberal pundits were lamenting their loss. There was no tingle running up Chris Matthew’s leg. Bill Maher tweeted: “Obama made a lot of great points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney.”
CNN, MSNBC, ALL the liberal media had Romney squarely in the winner’s column.
VAN JONES said: “Romney was able to ‘out-Obama’ Obama. On the connection piece, on the authenticity piece, on the being able to tell the story.”
It came down to several things.
Romney was more upbeat than was Obama and it showed throughout. Obama just didn’t have the energy level…Head down…and smirking often.
It’s more than that though. Much more.
Mitt Romney was on point. He had the facts. He had the numbers. And he let them flow. Mitt Romney never seemed to be searching for answers.
Obama did. There were several times throughout the 90 minute debate that Obama had to circle around to discover an answer in his responses to questions.
Off prompter…Obama is lost.
Mitt Romney was on the offensive.
Obama played defense and played defense badly.
Domestic Policy.
There is a VERY dangerous chess match afoot.