Before I listen to what other people think of the debate, here are my impressions:
- Why did Mitt Romney have a horrible scowl on his face when, during his closing statement, he said, "I love children."
- Mitt
Romney and the President Obama both argued with the moderator Candi
Crowley like they were brothers trying to get the front seat of the car.
I was completely childish and makes me think poorly of them both. The
best (and by that I mean worst) point was when Mitt Romney snapped, "NO"
and turned away from Candi Crowley when she asked him to move on to
another question. Who does that?
- Mitt Romney was more aggressive
towards the moderator than Obama. Women don't like watching male
political figures charging and bullying female political figures. (See
Hillary Clinton's senate debate against Rick Lazio.) If Mitt Romney was
trying to keep his share of female voters he gained after Obama's
lackluster performance in the first debate, he may have turned them off
with his argumentativeness and threatening body language.
- I
suspect Romney took from the success of his first debate performance
that aggressiveness works and that for the second debate he should go
big or go home. I was very uncomfortable when Mitt Romney was in
President Obama's face challenging him on his pension fund and on other
issues. It was also disconcerting that Mitt Romney turned his back to
the camera to go on these attacks. On a gut level, I felt he was trying
to provoke the president into throwing a punch.
- Mitt Romney said
he thought everyone should have access the contraception. Many social
conservatives disagree, and I wonder if he will backpedal.
