Romney made a good showing. Obama looked off his game. Maybe as president he doesn't feel like he should be challenged by some rich guy who wants his job and will destroy his work. Idk.
Romney couldn't or didn't answer how he was going to make good on his promises. The only path to revenue was if everyone was working and even then the cbo makes clear payroll taxes alone won't make up for the shortfall. Obama should have hammered that point more than he did. Nice to talk about the trees but how are you going to get it done.
I think for those that drank the cool-aid along time ago, maybe got what they wanted and that was a strong personality on stage. Romney was definitely armed and ready to go. A little rehearsed at times, but I think only those that weren't in his corner noticed it much.
I think the general consensus is the economy will get stronger under Romney. For whom remains the question. Strange that so many that would be worse off seem to support him.
Two topics that I think are sensitive for some people weren't touched. I heard a women of the radio suggest "conservatives argue freedom and small government." But then gay marriage and women's rights, including what women are allowed to do with her own bodies. Freedom except for ...???
So Romney hasn't won everyone over.
I just got out of i'll say diatribe and screed where two coworkers rambled off a bunch of talking points. Something about selling your house in 2014 will include an automatic 5% tax to fund Obamacare.
Of course remains the questions if we would be better off without the healthcare changes or if they were needed.
My questions is if this is true, then it's an awesome way to scare people and something Romney should use as a talking point. I'm suspicious that the facts aren't there since he would use the a argument except if he turns out to be full of shit. Obviously with a few debates left, you wouldn't want to start off making a lot of false claims. But I have heard anything from paying enormous amounts on house sales to having another 4% of my bank account get taxed. That's supposedly a tax on the gross amount of your account, regardless on whether the same money has been taxed before.
It all sounds frightening. But I'm not convinced Romney will save the day. He isn't well thought of in Massachusetts where I have family. Left the state in serious debt.
But for what it isn't worth, I would say last night was a strong, not sure if its a win, night for Romney. Who I think needed it most. But the left has a video of a big money person dismissing half the country as paupers, lazy non working scumbags that just want someone else to go to work while they take vacations. Just not a good video of Romney. Kinda like knowing more about your partner than you want to. You want to believe, but then the truth stares you in the face.
So I call it a Romney win, but expect Obama won't be affected much since Romney and Ryan aren't fooling anybody. They will kill programs like Medicare and SS if they get their way.
Maybe they can win an argument suggesting we just can't afford it. But I wonder how we will be when, not the evil people abusing the system run out of luck, but the old man or lady don't have the means to survive die on your doorstep. You can argue they should have prepared for it, and to an extent you'd be right, IMO. But challenged with so many obstacles, I'm not sure by what means you can expect people to prepare. When you're I'll educated and informed. When you are barely showered because your parents can't afford a decent dwelling, if you even have both of them, and somehow get a job interview, even though you've never heard of anyone else that's had a job interview. How do you make advancements. Can always walk away and argue that's their problem. Not mine. Survival of the fittest. But seems gross to hear that same person talk about Jesus. I'm anything but religious, but the hypocrisy. Didn't Jesus care about the poor and the ones that were in dire straights? Or did he drive away in his god-cart with fuzzy dice laughing at the hungry poor souls selling them happiness in a pipe.
I think it's a loss for us all. At least 99% anyway.
