The Last Presidential Showdown before the Election

The showdown in Boca Raton, Florida is almost upon us. The debate can be watched on CNN.TV, CNN.com and CNN's apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android and one of your favorite news feed TV channels.
Presently, the President has a 50 to 45% edge over Romney in Ohio according to a Quinnipiac University/CBS News survey released this morning. If debates matter, which seems to be the question of the last few weeks, then the winner of this debate may just win the White House. The goal.... to win over as many of the undecided voters that you can. Both campaigns are in full swing, blanketing the swing states of Ohio, and Florida. The money is pouring in by both political campaigns, and another spending record most likely will be set for this election season.
But the reality and results of all the hard work by both candidates will appear in less than 2 weeks from now, as the voting will begin.
Will there be a 45th President of the United States, or will the 44th President become successful in his bid for re-election?
All the polls, all the hype, all the time spent on politics and the political season has just about come to a head. Voters in many states just really can't wait until it's all over. Regardless of who wins and who looses, there will be a very jubilant side, and a very sorrowful side. The loosing side will accuse the other of cheating, and of bad politics, and the winning side will concede that the better candidate did win. Regardless of what happens, the country will have another president for the next 4 years. If it's President Obama in a successful bid for his re-election, the country will continue to bounce back from what is considered one of the worst times since the great depression. If Mitt Romney wins, then all bets are off. Will the country return to what it was prior to Barack Obama? Will the country loose Obamacare? Will Social Security still live on, and for how long? Will the middle class fall off a cliff with the policies of a Republican president, or will the rich just get richer?!
Will the U.S. alliances with other countries become stronger or weaker? Just so many questions to answer, but I'm wondering if it is worth the chance to change gears so drastically in the middle of this race to keep the economy from reaching a disaster. The safe bet would be to re-elect President Obama. Why? Because there are tons of facts to prove that he is the most honest of the two candidates, is most dedicated in helping the middle class, the group of people who most need relief. For me, it's a clear choice. Do you want a man who has told the truth and continues to do so, and will not lie for political gain, or will you vote for a man who has flip-flopped in so many issues and lies every time?  You must wonder why Romney would ever think he could win.
And if he does, then I was wrong. The people will speak out on election night. Whoever wins, the citizens of the United States are stuck with that man for the next 4 years.

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A Best 2nd Presidental Debate, EVER !!!!

Wow, what a 2nd Presidential debate! If anyone had the gull to say that President Obama was not capable of standing up to Mitt Romney in a debate, it was without question that the President proved that group of people totally wrong. This time, the President was aggressive and built up a firewall tonight coming off of the first debate, as I have also previously admitted that the president had a lackluster performance during the 1st debate. Romney won the 1st debate, hands down. This time Obama portrayed Romney as dishonest. The President was able to answer Mitt Romney in everything he said 2 weeks ago and at the same time, called out Romney on misleading statements to outright lies.

Actually the President had the floor for 44 minutes versus 40 minutes for Mitt Romney. They President wouldn't let up to the Romney allegations. There were in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 million people that watched what is called the best presidential debate, EVER!. It was fierce. 

Both candidates slugged it out, and as a result of the President defending his stance and calling out Mitt Romney on direct lies during the debate, over and over again, and without question most people will say that the President won the second debate.

As an example of the warping of facts by Mitt Romney, he stated a lie in a defense strategy after the President accused Mitt Romney of his quotes saying that he would allow the auto industry go bankrupt. 

Romney stumbled and was caught in another lie confirmed by the debate narrator that the President was indeed right when it came to state the next day after the Libyan attack on Sept 11, 2012. The President admitted the next day that the attack was by terrorists, but Mitt Romney tried to claim that Obama never stated it was a terrorist attack until 2 weeks later. Romney was caught again in another lie.  

Mitt Romney mentioned that when it came to the auto industry, the President did exactly the same thing as he allowed both GM and Chrysler to go bankrupt and it's because of the bankruptcy that they came back.

What Mitt Romney failed to mention in an attempt to confuse the audience was that the President did this, but not before he gave the 80 billion dollars of bailout money so that they would be capable of coming back. Without the bailout money, the automakers could have never bounce back. The automakers were already in a free fall to disaster, but the President found a way to pick up the pieces , with bailout money that was used to the end result that now the auto industries are now stronger than they were even before Obama became president.

The debate was very testy.. Both Obama and Romney attacked each other on the issues, but in the end it was evident that Obama was focused and took the fight to Mitt Romney.

At the end, to the liking of the Democratic desires, President Obama brought out the fact that Mitt Romney and ended the town hall meeting in a bang as he mentioned Romney's quote that  47% of people pay no taxes when in fact they actually did not in the form of an income tax, but in a payroll tax.  The real fact is that they did pay taxes. The President's statement was deliberate as it was the closing argument and the final word of the evening, and Mitt Romney had no time to refute or defend the quote as stated below.

Now here are the facts.... first the quote by Mitt Romney and the fact checker to follow.

Mitt Romney Quote "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it -- that that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. ... These are people who pay no income tax. ... [M]y job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
True or false? Much of Romney's statement relies on assumptions about one demographic: The 47 percent of Americans who he says "pay no income tax." So is it true that 47 percent of Americans don't pay income tax? Essentially yes, according to the Tax Policy Center, which provides data showing that in 2011, 46.4 percent of American households paid no federal income tax. The same data shows, however, that nearly two-thirds of households that paid no income tax did pay payroll taxes. And most people also pay some combination of state, local, sales, gas and property taxes.

Next Monday, the candidates will debate one more time and it will be on the topic of 'foreign policy'.

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Who Will Do Best in the 2nd Presidential Debate?

Everyone is in agreement that president Obama must do well tonight in the town hall debate with challenger Mitt Romney. But now let's get serious. Do you honestly believe that Mitt Romney will not crack under pressure. His record as governor is not that great and the President will surely call Romney out on his record. It will be very interesting to see what lies Mitt Romney will tell, but you can believe the fact checkers will check every statement he makes, but also expect the President to underscore the facts as he sees them in real time. Just a word of advice to the challenger Mitt Romney.
WATCH OUT for Barrack Obama. The president will not outwardly lie just to get votes, but the undecideds at the town hall meeting will take each candidate at their word. But who will be the more believable? Obama or Romney!!
A presidential debate of this nature normally wouldn't matter, but this year, with these candidates, it does matter. If Obama doesn't come through, he may loose the election as early as tonight. The president must be flawless in his delivery and facts. Mitt Romney must be careful with every word he says, but no doubt you will see the flip-flop side of Romney. Who will turn up as most credible in the end? This debate will be one of the most watched debates in American history.

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The Eve of the Second Presidential Debate

The time has come. The Second Presidential debate to be moderated by CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley will drive the contestants, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney into a debate with lots of energy and passion. Will the President be ready? President Obama is known to be an excellent debater  even though he did show a lack-luster performance in the first Presidential debate. You can be sure that he observed the Vice Presidential debate amongst V.P. Joe Biden and his challenger Paul Ryan. It was the opposite of a lack-luster performance of the Presidential debate.
But the format for the debate is what is known as 'town hall'. For this type of debate, it favors the candidate that is most likable and not usually the type that supports aggressive attacks. Regardless of what the format should be, it is most likely that President Obama will not be subdued, and the moderator Candy Crowley most likely will have allot to do with the tone of the debate.
So what do you expect from the President. Time after time, the President has made comment after comment that there were too many inconsistencies and even lies when it came to comments made by Mitt Romney during the first debate. The President will be more energetic stating the facts as he see's it for the direction of the country during the next four years.
Romney's adviser Ed Gillespie says that a 'shift in style wouldn't win Obama any points from an electorate looking at the past four years.
Only since President Roosevelt  was the unemployment so high in a Presidential election. This over-burdening fact one of the single most negatives that the President will bring into the 2012 election. But President Obama needs to state his case, regarding the reasons why the unemployment rate is not lower than it has been. His number one reason for the high un-employment rate would be the "do-nothing Congress" who has vowed to do whatever possible to make sure that Barack Obama does not get elected, even at the expense of the American People.  It goes without saying that this Congress will go down in history as being the one Congress that failed to pass the highest number of bills because of selfish political interests.
The President will most likely bring up a series of campaign attacks that he didn't even scratch during the first debate. You can bet that the President will bring up Romney's comments that 47% of Americans are dependent on government support and his tenure as chief executive of Bain Capital, a private equity firm. Most likely the idea of the lack of Mitt Romney's tax returns will again become front and center in this debate. That along with the fact that Romney only paid 14% of taxes paid in 2011 is unfair for a man worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Many Democrats were disappointed with the President for not bringing up the facts as they were just stated. But the President, in full realization of what had happened at the first debate, began to attack Romney immediately after by saying that Romney's campaign rallies are dishonest when it comes to his record and proposals, and again, the President never mentioned these facts during the first debate. The President has the capability to perform a full assault on Mitt Romney's record and you may likely see the President to put on his gloves and start punching it out with Mitt Romney. If the challenger becomes defensive in most of his answers  during the debate, then the debate most likely will turn out in President Obama's favor.
The truth is the truth and just as Joe Biden called out the lies and discrepancies of his challenger Paul Ryan, President Obama will highlight all the lies and discrepancies of the Mitt Romney campaign at the  second debate tomorrow, October 16, 2012.

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Mitt Romney appears to Have Emerged as a Clear Winner in the First Presidetial Debate

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The first Presidential debate is history, and all polls seem to reflect that Mitt Romney emerged as the clear winner. At least two-thirds of the people who watched the showdown witnessed a very well prepared Mitt Romney. The debate lasted 1 ½ hours, and on every front, Mitt Romney had his facts together. For the most part, President Obama also had his facts together, but did not refute Mitt Romney on issues that he could have easily. Mitt Romney was very well prepared for the debate. When the President tried to attack, Mitt Romney always came back with quick answers and seemed to be believable.

What the challenger candidate Romney did for himself was to possibly win some of the undecided voters. Some of these voters may have voted for President Obama in the last election, but again, it is only my opinion. The face-off was victorious for Mitt Romney, and I do not deny that. It was done handily, as 67% said in a CNN/ORC International survey say that Mitt Romney came up on top during this debate. The same question has been asked time and time again at the debates, but since 1984, it's the first time that the question of who won actually topped 60%. The victory is nothing less than huge. About 60% of the people polled say that President Obama did worse than expected.

Both Obama and Romney played down the first debate even before it happened. It is clear now that Mitt Romney is in it to win, and the President must step up to the challenge. Instead of going on the defensive with the statements made by Romney, Obama must go on the offensive.

In a poll taken of debate watchers, only 18% said they were more likely to vote for Obama, while 35% said they were more likely to vote for Romney. Only 10% of the people polled seem to think that Romney did worse than expected, and these were most likely supporters of Obama.

If this debate is a sign of things to come, it goes without saying that Romney found the key to success at the debates. Presently, there are 2 more Presidential debates scheduled and 1 vice-presidential debate.

Romney supports must be ecstatic with the performance of their candidate Mitt Romney. As a supporter of President Obama, and as I watched the debate in its entirety, I personally came to the conclusion that Mitt Romney won the debate.

In past elections, the debates played a huge role in determining who was to be re-elected. That may be the case this time. But even if Romney wins all of the debates, will it still be enough for him. In my opinion, I do not think so.

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