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Romney goes on offense, forcing Obama to defend record
Washington Post ^ | Oct. 3, 2012 | Dan Balz and Amy Gardner

Posted on 10/04/2012 12:28:07 AM PDT by Second Amendment First

An energetic Mitt Romney launched a series of attacks against President Obama here Wednesday night, calling into question the president’s record on the economy, health care and the deficit, and arguing that he would take the country in a fundamentally different direction.

Obama sought to parry Romney’s criticisms, charging that his presidential rival favors a top-down approach to the economy that would reward the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle class and that the details of the Republican’s proposals don’t add up. But he found himself on the defensive repeatedly during their first debate, held at the University of Denver.

Romney came into the 90-minute exchange after several difficult weeks but appeared rejuvenated by the opportunity to take his case directly to Obama and the American people. He was well prepared and aggressive as he hammered the president. The contrast with Obama was striking, as the president appeared less energetic even as he rebutted some of Romney’s toughest attacks.

The debate is likely to give Romney what he needed most, which is a fresh look from voters — at least those who are undecided or open to changing their minds — and will change the conversation about the campaign, which for the past two weeks has been tilted in the president’s favor. Romney now faces the challenge of trying to build on his performance and keep the president on the defensive in the days ahead.

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But Republicans were immediately cheered by the aggressiveness they saw in Romney and took it as a sign that will wage a fierce battle between now and Nov. 6.

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1 posted on 10/04/2012 12:28:09 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First
"The debate is likely to give Romney what he needed most, which is a fresh look from voters — at least those who are undecided or open to changing their minds — and will change the conversation about the campaign, which for the past two weeks has been tilted in the president’s favor. Romney now faces the challenge of trying to build on his performance and keep the president on the defensive in the days ahead."

Translation:

"We set up Obama for weeks with biased stories, fake polling data, and a narrative that called the election for him in mid-September, and all this dufus had to do was not mess it up.

Well, that's now all f*cked, and we will have to reflect what everyone saw because we arent going to go down with you, Barry!"

2 posted on 10/04/2012 12:34:40 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Second Amendment First

Forcing Obama to defend his record? Why, the unmitigated gall! That’s simply lese-majeste against the lapdog press’s messiah king...


3 posted on 10/04/2012 12:38:12 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Second Amendment First
The AGONY of DEFEAT.




Time to reserve the moving truck, Barry..
4 posted on 10/04/2012 12:42:59 AM PDT by goron (Let's get this done!)
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To: Second Amendment First

Actually, it was Obama that forced Romney onto defense for a protracted period early in the debate. The problem was that Romney knew his stuff. He knew the details and he knew the numbers, so he was unable to make Romney look bad.


5 posted on 10/04/2012 1:15:56 AM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: Second Amendment First

The WaPo is lying as usual—but can you find it?

Hint: This election was always going to be an easy victory for Romney. The “horse-race” was and is a media creation.


6 posted on 10/04/2012 1:20:17 AM PDT by cgbg (No bailouts for New York and California. Let them eat debt.)
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To: Second Amendment First

I liked it when Romney turned the term “Romney’s top down economy” into top down government from Obama.


7 posted on 10/04/2012 3:42:30 AM PDT by rightly_dividing (really good tag line wanted here.)
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To: Second Amendment First

If Romney really wanted to freak out the left he would spend a little time campaigning in a “non battleground” like Maine, Minnesota or Oregon.


8 posted on 10/04/2012 9:32:01 AM PDT by proudpapa
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