Well, GM IS tanking again, but that’s another story!
And you are correct. Romney DID challenge obama last night by reminding him that obama forced GM through bankruptcy and obama denied it.
Obama: Number one, I want to build manufacturing jobs in this country again. Now when Governor Romney said we should let Detroit go bankrupt. I said we’re going to bet on American workers and the American auto industry and it’s come surging back.
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OBAMA: Candy, what Governor Romney said just isn’t true. He wanted to take them into bankruptcy without providing them any way to stay open. And we would have lost a million jobs.
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ROMNEY: And one thing that the president said, which I want to make sure that we understand, he said that I said we should take Detroit bankrupt. And that’s right. My plan was to have the company go through bankruptcy like 7-Eleven did and Macy’s and Condell (ph) Airlines and come out stronger.
And I know he keeps saying, you want to take Detroit bankrupt. Well, the president took Detroit bankrupt. You took General Motors bankrupt. You took Chrysler bankrupt. So when you say that I wanted to take the auto industry bankrupt, you actually did.
And I think it’s important to know that that was a process that was necessary to get those companies back on their feet, so they could start hiring more people. That was precisely what I recommended and ultimately what happened.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/16/transcript-second-presidential-debate/#ixzz29YEmFi8n
One thing has been constant in both debates:
1. Obama lies during his rebuttal, so that Romney can’t rebut the rebuttal.
2. Romney inserts himself in anyway, and calls Obama on the lie
3. Dems think he’s a rude bully CEO but ...
4. The audience/listeners finally get to see Obama treated like anyone else telling a lie - if only by Romney and not the mods or press.
If you take away all the times Romney has had to say “hey, wait a minute” and the moderator indicates he shouldn’t be speaking because it’s on to the next question, but he continues ... “none of that was true ...”
This has been equally as important as Romney’s positive arguments. Part of destroying Obama’s brand, the illusion of Obama, is that Romney is willing to get in his face.
I was very happy, in my group with 3 other liberals ... to say “finally!”