I basically missed the debate, I caught some pieces, and saw Charlie Rose and co later.
From what I gather Obama was ion heroin, and the oft represented refrain was he lost ... because the things Mitt said were contradictory, inconsistent, and not crushed as they should have been.
It is a weird way to couch a victory. Romney won because obama didn't adequately point out that Romney seeks to reduce revenue by $5t, increase spending by several trillion, and reduce the deficit.
I know that whenever my budget gets tight I quit my job and double my spending.
There were some spin folks saying Obama is hampered by a genuine, uh, hatred of Romney, and he was coached to bottle that up ... to the point of impotence?
From the sound bite reruns I saw, Axelrod will shred Mitt's content in the swing states ... at least that is what I would guess.
But alas, the decisive blow I was hoping for clearly did not happen, which migrates it to a closer thingy that will lack some of the mandate qualities I am hoping for.
I expect "arithmetic" to resurface.
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