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I think that this next debate is Romney's to lose, but he definitely can lose it with less than a top notch effort. Romney has the indisputable advantage that 0bama has the worst record as president since the Great Depression, but everything may hinge on Romney making clear to the audience, virtually with every sentence, that this is the case, and that 0bama's lies and extravagant promises in no way compensate for this.

Also, Romney needs to do a more thorough job trashing 0bama's record, which includes detailing his hard Left background, his lemonade-stand level understanding of economics theory, and his refusal to take responsibility for anything that goes wrong. This is a virtual gold mine that Romney hasn't even scratched the surface of, and if he seriously wants to win the remaining debates, Romney needs to fully exploit them to make clear 0bama's complete unsuitability to resolve America's economic, social and foreign policy crises, much of which 0bama himself is responsible for perpetuating or exacerbating during the last four years.

Romney additionally needs to do a better job inoculating himself preemtively against 0bama's lies and distortions about himself and Republicans in general which includes misrepresenting and lying about his economic, social and foreign policy plans, and making false accusations of Republican 'extremism'. One way Romney could do this is to remind 0bama and the audience that Democrats thought Romneycare was so 'good', that they bastardized it for a Federal health care plan. And so on and so forth.

Again, Romney will be doing the Republican Party and America a huge disservice if he doesn't forcibly makes these kinds of points.

Great analysis! I would add that Romney did not sneer, eye roll and/or smirk during Obama’s turn and I hope he continues that.

Also regarding “..lemonade-stand level understanding of economics theory..” The successful lemonaders are learning about how to turn a profit - most figure out quickly that giving away lemonade to all ruins any profit - Obama doesn’t understand the concept of successful entrepreneurship on even that basic of a level. I understand your point though - his economic theory is at a child’s level of understanding. This is because of his socialist/communist indoctrination.