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In reply to the discussion: Rmoney WANTED Obama To Attack Him, But Obama Outsmarted Him [View all]Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)28. You have to look at the big picture
First of all Romney is NOT surging in the polls. Romney got at the most a couple point bounce. What goes up will soon come down.
Secondly, the worst thing Obama could have done was knock Romney out in the first debate.
If Romney had been demolished in the first debate then the next day the majority of Romney's BIG MONEY donors would have dropped Romney like a hot potato and then they would have started putting all of their money on the down-ticket Republican candidates - we do NOT want that to happen.
As it is now the GOP big money donors are still wasting their money on Romney.
Also, NOW the Obama supporters have been reminded that this is not going to be a landslide (it never was going to be) and WE will all need to work hard to get everyone out to vote.
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Yes, and I'm sure that Romney thought Obama would bring up the 47% issue too, but ...
Tx4obama
Oct 2012
#5
I think President Obama and his team had canned responses to Rmoney's anticipated stances.
TheDebbieDee
Oct 2012
#7
First of all Obama didn't lose, he debated smart the only way to debate when you're
Raine
Oct 2012
#35
Obama's approval is up to 54 percent in the right leaning Gallup polls. But hey, whatever.
MADem
Oct 2012
#32
"surging in the polls"??? he went up a point or two that is not surging and Obama is still ahead. nt
Raine
Oct 2012
#36
STOP IT!! STOP IT!! You do NOT ...NOT let a lie stand in front of 70 million people...
uponit7771
Oct 2012
#12
Strongly agree! I wasn't here that night, but I watched with friends and was pretty surprised
patrice
Oct 2012
#37
Absolutely agree with you, Obama played three dimensional chess and played Mitt like violin. nt.
Raine
Oct 2012
#34
I posted about 30 threads on how Obama won the debate by winning the election 11/7/12
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#41
I don't consider a 2-3 point bump a major hit, and there are 2 more debates
magical thyme
Oct 2012
#49
"Took a hit for it", from who? The corporate media? If he would have bickered back, then Rmoney
rhett o rick
Oct 2012
#69
That may be, however, Obama did NOT strongly point out the lies and contradictions that romney was
still_one
Oct 2012
#54
I don't think Obama was really present. Something was going on. I don't know what.
robinlynne
Oct 2012
#65