Obama, Romney clash over economy, health care

Posted by Michael Swickard on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
From KOAT-TV.com - (CNN) — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney described differing tax and economic plans at their first presidential debate on Wednesday night, arguing the other's proposals won't work in a continuation of major themes from their campaigns.  In exchanges full of policy proposals, facts and figures, Romney was more aggressive in the 90-minute encounter in criticizing Obama's record and depicting the president's vision as one of big government while Obama firmly defended his record and challenged his rival's prescriptions as unworkable. "America does best when the middle class does best," Obama said in response to a question on job creation, adding that Romney's plan of tax cuts for the rich had failed before and would fail again now.Romney, however, said Obama still pushed the same policies as when he took office four years earlier, and those steps had failed to bring down high unemployment and get the economy surging again. Read more
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1 comments:

Jaxon said...

It's not so much that Romney won the debate as the president possesses a miserably indefensible record. Though he tried, Even the moderator, Jim Lehrer, was unable to slow Romney down. Romney was in complete command of the facts while the president looked profoundly uncomfortable being asked to answer tough questions. Needless to say, the loathsome strategies of dividing Americans, orchestrating class warfare and playing the race card is hardly presidential or appropriate on the stage of a nationally televised debate during prime-time in front of a live audience. Decency is a required protocol in that setting. The president fairs much better when he doesn't have to answer questions from a moderator his opponent face-to-face. No wonder he lost the debate so decisively. Hopefully the undecided voters were watching.

October 3, 2012 at 11:34 PM

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