Actually, I saw today that Zer0 actually spoke for 4 more minutes than Romney. It didn’t seem like it though, because Romney dominated.
Romney was so serious, competent and in control that Obama dared not trot out his casual, cool, man-of-the-people, droppin’-his-g’s persona. He knows he would have looked like an idiot compared to Romney’s stainless-steel CEO chic.
But Obama’s casual, cool, man-of-the-people, droppin’-his-g’s persona is the only thing that works for him, anymore. The actual facts are too toxic to his re-election, so he must keep it glib and light to have a chance.
That is not going to fly in a serious debate...