It’s Over

I’ve been watching presidential debates for quite a few years, but I have never seen one like this. It wasn’t a TKO, it was a knockout. Mitt Romney was in control from the beginning. He was the alpha male, while Barack Obama was weak, hesitant, stuttering, often apologetic. The visuals were great for Romney and awful for Obama. Obama looked small, tired, defeated after four years of failure, out of ammo. One small point among many: Obama doesn’t even know how to stand at a podium, as he continually lifted up one leg. He would be below average as a high school debater.

There were 1,800 people on Power Line Live tonight, and the verdict was unanimous: it was a great night for the forces of good. Tweets through the evening tracked how the debate went. At one point, as it became obvious that Romney was dominating, my 16 year old daughter tweeted: “So uh is now a good time to mention that I’ve met Mitt Romney?” Iowahawk kept up a steady stream, including gems like: “‘What the hell is this? I was specifically told I’d be debating John Kerry.’–Inside Obama’s head.” And: “Breaking: Choom Gang revokes Obama’s membership.”

Well said.

I loved it.

Romney hammered Obama at every turn.

He took him to the woodshed on those 90 billion he gave to the “green” companies...choosing the “losers” and rewarding his contributors. He did it to the point that Obama asked Lehrer to go to the next topic and change the subject...but Romney came back to it again and again.

Pointing out to Obama that he could have funded 50 years of the oil “welfare” with what he did in a couple of years with a failing green energy policy.

That he could have hired two million new teachers with that money when Obama indicated he had a plan to hire 100,000.

In addition, Romney took something that most of us felt would be a severe weakness for him...that is, Obama discussing ObamaCare and linking it to RomneyCare, and he cleaned the President’s clock on that too, turning it into a strength for himself through the bi-partisanship arguement, and the states’ rights arguement.

I believe Romney succeeded in changing the whole nature of the debate and the campagn last night...and it desperately needed to be done.

My favorite tweet, and I don’t have a clear attribution as it was retweeted by known Obama supporters, but...

“This wasn’t a debate so much as it was Mitt Romney just took Obama for a cross-country drive strapped to the roof of his car.”

;o)

Thanks so much for the ping!

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