I watched the debate on CNN. They ran a continuous graph which showed “undecided” voter emotions in Colorado (male+female) as the debate progressed. Women tracked much higher in support of Obama throughout. So, I was honestly shocked at the final polling which showed Romney running away with it. That graph was distracting and gave a viewer the idea that it was gonna be much closer. The best part of the night for me was watching MSNBC post-debate coverage. I got drunk on vodka it was so excellent.
While Romney admittedly bested a poor Obama, in terns of substance I didn’t come away with any confidence that Romney has the vision or guts to make the tough decisions that will be necessary to put America back on the rails. He’ll be in the George Bush/David Cameron mould, not Reagan/Thatcher. Or even worse, he’ll be a Brian Mulroney, the “Conservative” Prime Minister of Canada who maintained high deficits, while flooding our Supreme Court with “moderate” appointees. Mulroney came from a big business background as well.