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15. My take on the debate

First, let's admit I wish President Obama had been more forceful in calling Romney out on his lies.

I think, however, that the problem here is that Romney won the expectation game. The bar was so low that he could not lose anyway. Personally, I did not find him that much better than Obama (Hell, he admitted his kids were liars and seemed proud of that). But, once again, as people expected a dork, being able to go through this debate unscathed makes him a winner.

This said, for the most part, debates do not matter. Are people really going to change their votes because Romney did not make a joke on being rich or poor. I doubt that. But we will know soon, in a couple of days.

I wished I was more positive, but I also think the brouhaha (sp?) around this debate and Romney's win is largely overblown.

BTW, it is likely that Kerry was a poor sparing partner, but not because he is a poor debater (he is not). However, he is an honest and straightforward man. No way he would have lied through a debate the way Romney did yesterday..