Tonight is the first Presidential Debate in this election cycle. Depending on which news program you have been watching the past few days you have heard of the importance of this debate on the race. Many see this as Romney's chance to re-present himself to the American public and prove that he has what it takes to stand toe to toe with President Obama. Romney's campaign has had multiple gaffes the past few weeks with his 47% comments and this debate is the chance for Romney to quell those saying he has no chance in this race. He had relatively good showings in the primary debates but President Obama is a very skilled speaker so I expect a hard fought debate tonight.
President Obama's campaign has been spreading the idea that the president is not as practiced as he was back in '08. His campaign is trying to lower expectations so that if the President does do really well it will make him look even better.
Following the debate tonight I will have a poll set up here on my blog for all of you to comment on what you thought about the debate and who in your opinion performed better.
Make sure to watch it tonight or the reruns that play for the next 3 days. It starts tonight 9pm Eastern / 8pm Central.Here is the full debate schedule so you can mark your calendars. They are all at 9pm Eastern / 8pm Central
Wednesday, October 3 - Presidential debate on domestic policy
Thursday, October 11 - Vice-presidential debate on foreign and domestic policy
Tuesday, October 16 - Presidential town meeting on foreign and domestic policy
Monday, October 22 - Presidential debate on foreign policy
Obama is such a powerful speaker, it'll be interesting to see him face Romney. I think you're right in thinking that this is Romney's chance to woo people over to his side through persuasion.
ReplyDeleteafter watching last nights debate, i just a few things to say:
ReplyDelete-Obama's political swag never ceases to impress me
-It was quite funny, that the moderator never really had control over the debate as obama and romney both continuously ignored the time limits and debate structure
-Romney was able to show off his new pair of flip flops
-It was frustrating to see Romney discussing bipartisanship as if his own party isnt the sole reason for legislative gridlock.
-Romney and Obama put on a good show. These debates will be great entertainment and the importance of the debates will vary for each candidate. Obama doesnt really need to "win" the debates to influence voter opinion his way. But Romney is going to rely on these debates to swing undecided voters his way.