President Obama Emerged Victorious Over Romney Last Night, But Will It Matter?
During the first debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama, Obama was listless and ineffective, which led to a free fall in the polls. President 
Obama was polling well ahead of Romney prior to the first debate, but fell behind immediately afterward.
This time, most polls, including the CBS and CNN, show Obama edging out Romney in last night’s debate.
The most striking moment of the debate was when Romney, thinking he had the president caught in a lie, pressured him on his remarks on Libya in the Rose Garden the day following the attacks on our embassy in Benghazi. Romney said President Obama, in his speech in the Rose Garden, hadn’t used the phrase “act of terror.” Turns out that was false, and moderator Candy Crowley called Romney on it.
Although it is true that the focus of the Obama administration early on was on the anti-Islamic video as the cause for the Libya attacks, it is not true that President Obama didn’t reference “acts of terror” in his speech on the issue. But Romney pushed the issue and got caught in a trap set by President Obama.
The question now is whether President Obama will see a bounce in the polls from his victory last night, or did people make up their minds after the first debate? The question which has yet to be answered is whether enough people were swayed by President Obama to actually stop the bleeding and slow Mitt Romney’s momentum.
What do you think? Did Obama turned things around last night or is Mitt Romney still leading by a hair?
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President Obama Emerged Victorious Over Romney Last Night, But Will It Matter?
NAW! This thang was staged like the other de-bate. willard had the FIRST time to do his thang, and O’Drama had his turn this round. Both of these puppets are controlled; therefore, it makes no difference, who will win because the elite OWNS both of them.
Round three will be next week, and whoever the elite tells to take control over the de-bate will win!
PoliTRICKS ain’t nothing but game!
WAKE UP Y’ALL
All of us have heard the story before “Good COP, Bad COP”…
Willard Romney showed his true colors… he was like a BULL IN A CHINA SHOP….that he thinks is the BOSS…that he lies… he cannot explain his silly TAX PROPOSALS…. that he does not have a clue about helping women…etc.
Of all people to talk about “cracking down on China !” Romney has been shipping lots of American jobs over there and to other country and getting rich from doing. He won’t crack down on China…unless he can pad his bank accounts with that action.
ROMNEY also tried to run over the moderator. Why any decent person would vote for him…is a mystery to me.
Mittens was boldly abusive to Carol, the moderator until she put him back in his chair to sit. He was arrogant and ineffective.
On the flip, the President was firm, stood his ground and at one point appeared to border on “fire in those eyes”. He is back on a roll to Victory.
Have any of my esteemed black folks on this site( besides bro D and a few others) ever heard of , The Council on Foreign Relations, The Bilderburger Group, The Trilateral Commission, The Business Roundtable, All of your Chamber of Commerce’s in your cites, Skull and Bones, The Boule’, The IMF, The World Bank, The WHO, The WTO, The Strategic Planning Commission, and any of the think tanks that shape public and private policy( such as the Rand Corp and The Heritage Foundation) as it pertains to the allocation of resources here and abroad? If not please take the time to read about a few of these and more organizations( hint- Barbara Walters is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations) and understand geo-politics and that the chess game has aready been played. Obama is a p**n in that game. So it doesn’t matter. hOtep
A lot of this stuff about the CFR and those secret societies has been hyped by REPUBLICANS so that they can distract from what they are really doing to us. Read this stuff with scrutiny. Much of it is published by right wingers. If these issues concern anyone…you should be very disturbed with ROMNEY as he is the POSTER BOY for the Wall St. crooks and the ONE PERCENT who run everything. In fact, Romney is not even a secret…and he tells folks right in their face that he wants to “cut off your $$$”— and that he does not care about the 47%.
I don’t listen to right wingers or any winger, I do my own research and study from academic approved sources( i do have two degrees so I know how to do research and get multiple sources). Have u ever heard of the War College in DC? I have been there and it is real!! They have a clear mission-to come up with strategies to eliminate any threat with military force, by any means necessary. They convey the results from their great minds to the Joint Chiefs and subsequently, on the the Generals on the battle field. These foundations to Western Society exist, and we don’t need right wingers or any winger to authenticate this injfo. Go to your nearest Library..Hotep
SCRUTINY is my point. In fact, we should read most things with much scrutiny…check out the source, find out if it is true…no matter what it seems like on the surface. It is a fact also that many rightwingers use this info about “secret societies”….and the CFL…and similar for their own purposes. Politicians build prisons for profits in our faces…but only few complain. ROMNEY is right in our faces telling us lies….and he is definitely a big problem. Some folks get all hot and bothered because there are some bums getting foodstamps…but fail to even ruffle a feather when right wing nuts want to CUT OFF almost everybody’s life line, money, and rights.
I don’t know. The answer to that question will be uncovered on election day.
Correction- on to the
Correction-info..I hate this writing area is not bigger on this site…lolol Ptah RA
There is enough writing area…cause this is for brief comments on the articles…not long presentations on philosophical views. In this case — the article is about the Pres. debate. But it is true that some rightwingers use this info such as: “secret societies” and CFR, etc. …. all that for their own reasons. Example: GLENN BECK is one of the most well known parties who preach and twist this stuff…. RON PAUL is another one who uses it…..he and his cronies have manipulated the TEA PARTY with this information…to attack the DEMS and leftwingers.
As I said ROMNEY is in our faces telling big fat lies…and stating he will cut off our water if elected.
Everybody think they are an authority on whats happening but, I know one thing, a lot of the people running around talking about President Obama going to wish they had voted if Mitt get in office.
We have a lot of men standing on street corners getting food stamps that they want be getting and these SSI checks. the one thats not getting pobably have 3-4 children on welfare they are not stepping up to plate taking care of.
Obama will not win. There are too many who are ignorant that are voting or will not vote.
Corporations want no rules for the rich and will continue to hold America hostage sitting on cash not hiring. The stock market is the best it has been in yearrrs. Hiring was never apart of the equation. The goal was make money overseas, use cheap labor where there are no rules and keep money for self. Some people actually believe that the republicans care.
Add in successful attempts to block vote and employers telling people if u vote democrat don’t complain if we will layoff and the lack of motivation for either party—-i hope but cannot help but believe people things are going to change for the worst.
It is nice to know that some of our posters know a smathering about research but as an ex-reporter I have observed that most voters do not do extensive research. They vote according to their perception, and their immediate needs.
Dark Chocolate you are so right. We as black people want something for nothing. sure it has been rough for us but we got to step up to the plate and do something for ourselves. President Obama can only do so much. I tell people daily that he has our best interest at heart. We want to call him a muslin but never mention that mitt is a Mormon. We wamt to say that he hasn’t doing anything for us. Yet, if you look at his track record he has kept the rate of student loans down so more of us can get an education. He has made health care accessible. He ended the war in Iraqi. He saved the car industry. Pres. Obama came into office under the worst recesssion since the complete fail of the economy in 1932. If it took Bush 8 years to screw up everything I wonder why we think the president can straightened everything out in 4 years.
Theo you and Dark Chocolate keep doing what you doing and I talk to ignornt voters everyday to try and get them to realize that they are the 47 percent that he is talking about. When they realize that he is going to cut out those food stamps and those ssi checks they are getting for these babies for putting them on old those drugs talking about ADHD when all they need is some discipline they wil wake up. I just hope they realize what is going on before they go to the polls.
ROMNEY’S SON said he wanted to take a swing at the President of the U.S.A. For me…I wish he had cause that would have made my day when the SS arrested this son of a BOSSY PLUTOCRAT. His foul comment is just another indication that the fruit does not fall far from the tree…in this case the B.S. does not fall from the BULL. This family thinks that they ” are privileged and entitled” — and no one…espec. that Black President — can disagree with them. It shows their true colors.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/17/1038161/tagg-romney-says-he-wants-to-take-a-swing-at-obama/
Debates do matter if the polling data have any credibility.
On October 1, before Obama’s “No Mas in Denver” he led Romney in the RCP avg. 49.3 – 45.3. The Republicans were saying “polls do not matter.” On October 10 after “No Mas,” Romney led Obama 47.6 – 46.1. The Democrats started saying “polls do not matter.”
By the day of the Long Island debate Romney’s lead was down 47.4 – 47.0. Today, after losing Debate II Romney’s lead has increased 47.7 – 46.7. How does one lose a debate and still increase his lead? The first Gallup Daily Tracking poll taken since the Long Island debate has Romney increasing his lead to 52.0 – 45.0. Gallup is the poll which David Axelrod and the Democrats hate. Nevertheless, Obama should get some bounce from the more liberal polls.
Regardless of the polls this is the bottom line.
Without another round of shock treatment how does President Obama recapture the undecided white voters who put him over the hump in 2008? Economics trumped race for these voters in 2008, but they are not loyal to Obama. The events of 9/15 and McCain’s subsequent buffoonery shocked them into voting for Obama in 2008.
The economy is still the deciding factor in this election, and on that point Romney did not lose on Long Island.
[After Debate II, two new polls from CNN News and CBS News show Mitt Romney has a big leads vs President Obama on economy. CBS News Poll: A 65% thought Mitt Romney would do a better job on the economy 34% said President Obama would. CNN Poll: Obama vs Romney: On some key issues, Romney came out on top, including an 18-point lead on the economy.
Mitt Romney was seen as better able to handle the economy, taxes, and the budget deficit among the debate audience..., says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.]
Like any team which squanders a big lead the POTUS has to start shooting desperation 3′s and hope that Romney turns the ball over every trip down the court.