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| Mitt Romney and Barack Obama during their final presidential debate |
Governor Mitt Romney was building momentum going into Monday's third,
and final debate, and remained unchanged in the debate aftermath.
Debate polls will show it is about an even split, possibly
even a few points in Barack Obama’s favor, but again, like the first and second
debate, voters gave Romney overwhelming marks for their confidence that he
could fix the economy.
Although supposed to be exclusively focused on foreign
policy, Governor Romney cleverly shifted the discussion over to his strong
suit, by saying a strong American economy will make us powerful in the foreign
policy arena.
The Governor always had a pleasant smile on his face while
he discussed the issues, in stark contrast to the glare and occasional scowl that
president Obama had on his face. Compared to the first debate where President Obama barely looked at Mitt
Romney, this time the President rarely took his eyes off of him. In someway
this might have backfired on the President and made him appear too aggressive.
But Governor Romney was not going to fall into any of
President Obama's traps and get mired in small wonkish details, he stayed
focused on the big picture, as Dr, Charles Krauthammer noted shortly after the
debate.
Krauthammer proclaimed “It’s unequivocal, Romney won.”
He went on to observe that “Romney won, both strategically and tactically.” Romney went large while Obama went small, amazingly small, by attacking Romney on in consequential charges that he invested in companies in China. It made President Obama look petty and un-presidential.
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He went on to observe that “Romney won, both strategically and tactically.” Romney went large while Obama went small, amazingly small, by attacking Romney on in consequential charges that he invested in companies in China. It made President Obama look petty and un-presidential.
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But while Obama threw these petty charges his way Romney never got ruffled and kept an amused smile on his face.
At one point in the debate Romney said that our navy was at its
lowest ship strength since 1917, far below recommendations by the navy to carry
out its worldwide missions. Obama leaped at the opportunity to try to demean Romney by saying “governor we now
have ships that planes land on called aircraft carriers and we have boats that
go underwater.” We can do more with far less.
Of course the President overlooked the fact that Romney was
quoting from present day naval experts on the need for a larger fleet than what
we have presently. But it was an example
of the pettiness and personal insults the President used throughout the debate.
But Romney delivered a devastating blow to Obama when he
criticized the Presidents apology tour to the Middle East, shortly on the heels
of his inauguration and noted that the President visited all of those countries
but neglected to visit our number one ally: Israel. With the kicker: “They noticed.”
President Obama had no coherent comeback to defray the bad
taste his apology tour left in many Americans mouths and what a slap in the
face it was to our friends and allies, the Israeli’s.
To sum it up, Dr. Krauthammer put it best: “Obama’s attacks
were something you would expect in a race for “city council.”
“That’s not what you expect from the president.”
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