Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Presidential Debate (Foreign Policy) Observations

Please note that I am going write these observations with a slight bias and that I'm going off of memory and some notes I took so things may not be facts.




Obama

Pros:
-Stepped up his game and called Romney out when Romney said something wrong.
-Threw in a few jokes that lightened the mood
-Recognized that we can't do nation building in other countries without first taking care of our own.
-The way he spoke about going to see Holocaust still was very stern and serious, as if he's aware how serious this business is.

Cons:
-Obama made the mistake in saying that we spent the most head of 10 countries when it's really 15.
-Had the chance to make Romney look like an amateur and really put him down but didn't.


Romney

Pros:

-He appeared to be a lot calmer than before and less aggressive, stopping once interrupted instead of constantly pushing for more time.
-His state was #1 in English and Math
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Cons:
-"Every time you'd entered an opinion you've been wrong."~Obama
-Had the chance to really prove himself this debate but didn't.
-Still hasn't said exactly where he was going to get money for programs.


I think Obama and Romney agreed on quite a few things this debate and it was pretty close. They both had a lot of important stuff to say and they conveyed it to the best of their ability. Going strictly on their performance, I would say this is tie. The fact that I am an Obama supporter the topics they discussed made me think Obama won this debate.

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