Wakeforest22890
Snowpom
If Obama loses this election, it's just a HOF typical screw up by the Democrats in running politics. They have Americans on board with a lot of their issues, they're just so bad at politics in general.
If Obama loses this election, it's just a HOF typical screw up by the Democrats in running politics. They have Americans on board with a lot of their issues, they're just so bad at politics in general.
Isn't this debate about foreign policy? If so, I expect people will tune in, hear the words Libya, North Korea, or Afghanistan, and then say "I don't give a damn" and flip over to baseball. How either one handles questions on foreign policy has virtually no impact on this election.
I disagree, Obama lost this election by himself. R's made it easier to win by nominating a so-so candidate but compare this 4 years to Clinton's first 4. No comparison. Obamacare cooked his goose IF he loses. If he wins, Obamacare will just cook America's goose. :willynilly:
What I can't really get my head around is how one debate performance had such a profound impact on this race. It makes me believe even more strongly that the general population is dumb as shit. Its understandable if you are voting for Obama, its understandable if you are voting for Romney, its not understandable that having one debate made you switch from one to the other since their polices have not changed in months. The attention span of Americans is milliseconds and I think it also reinforces the idea of people looking at elections like they do rooting for a sports team. Everyone loves a winner and it only matters if you can say you are a winner.
What I can't really get my head around is how one debate performance had such a profound impact on this race. It makes me believe even more strongly that the general population is dumb as shit. Its understandable if you are voting for Obama, its understandable if you are voting for Romney, its not understandable that having one debate made you switch from one to the other since their polices have not changed in months. The attention span of Americans is milliseconds and I think it also reinforces the idea of people looking at elections like they do rooting for a sports team. Everyone loves a winner and it only matters if you can say you are a winner.
in 2004, the race went from Bush +5-6 to Bush +1-2 after the first debate. very similar dynamic.
Same exact scenario. We painted Kerry as a stiff who couldn't catch a football and flip flopped all the time plus was not necessarily the all american soldier he claimed to be, etc. He comes out swinging in the first debate, W was caught sleeping a bit and everyone was like, "Well this guy is Presidential."
My take...Obama had successfully defined Romney through commercials all summer and early Fall. People aren't thrilled with Obama but they aren't necessarily done w/ him either. They didn't want to come out and say they'd vote for the Romney portrayed in the commercials/media. Then during the first debate, Romney shows up and gives a good performance and basically obliterates all of the negativity raised by those ads. Now we're back to the 50/50 state of the nation which came about in the 2nd term of the Clinton administration.
Lefties are gonna vote. Righties are gonna vote. The deciders once again will be midwestern and western moderates.
Go nails it again. What needs to happen is for somebody at the town hall to throw Romney a football.
My take...Obama had successfully defined Romney through commercials all summer and early Fall. People aren't thrilled with Obama but they aren't necessarily done w/ him either. They didn't want to come out and say they'd vote for the Romney portrayed in the commercials/media. Then during the first debate, Romney shows up and gives a good performance and basically obliterates all of the negativity raised by those ads. Now we're back to the 50/50 state of the nation which came about in the 2nd term of the Clinton administration.
Lefties are gonna vote. Righties are gonna vote. The deciders once again will be midwestern and western moderates.
Same exact scenario. We painted Kerry as a stiff who couldn't catch a football and flip flopped all the time plus was not necessarily the all american soldier he claimed to be, etc. He comes out swinging in the first debate, W was caught sleeping a bit and everyone was like, "Well this guy is Presidential."
Same exact scenario. We painted Kerry as a stiff who couldn't catch a football and flip flopped all the time plus was not necessarily the all american soldier he claimed to be, etc. He comes out swinging in the first debate, W was caught sleeping a bit and everyone was like, "Well this guy is Presidential."
Go nails it again. What needs to happen is for somebody at the town hall to throw Romney a football.
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