The first round of the U.S. Presidential debate has come and gone. There's laughter in Mitt Romney's camp as big bird won the debate fair and square. I have watched the debate a second time and something seems not to be right. I am not saying this because I think Gov Romney is an absolute turd, but because I think President Obama wasn't himself. This could have been as a result of different things. Lots of questions have been running through my mind. Did the stress of the rigorous campaign catch up with him? Was he trying to soft-pedal and make Romney look like a bully? Did he decide to go on a low so as not to strike American voters as the bully? Did he fail to prepare for this debate or did he just imagine Americans would be able to see beyond his unspoken words? All these questions call for answers but the Obama that appeared on that debate wasn't definitely the oratorical Obama.
Gov Mitt Romney hit the ground running and never stopped. He knew he had to put on a good showing, coming from a backlash of the infamous 47% video. He asked questions, looked directly into the camera, had the perfect body language and most importantly during his opening minutes, spoke of the ''sad'' cases of unemployed/underemployed families. He kept emphasizing on that all through the debate. He scored a point with each statement he made. At some point, he seemed to be crying when he spoke of the American economy. His voice became heavy and he looked like he was going to burst into tears the next minute. All that might have been a showoff but the millions of viewers never failed to see a ''Romney they had never seen''. Even President Obama said the man who debated him wasn't the Romney he knew. President Barack Obama on the other hand put up a disappointing show. He seemed to falter and almost couldn't get his points straight. His supporters were expecting the fiery, oratorical Obama of 2008 but what they saw was a sober, lacking-in-confidence Obama. He gave the floor to Romney. A closer look at the President's mien showed he was playing it down and allowing Romney to attack him. He probably wanted Romney to be seen as a bully, but that wasn't a wise move Mr President. He let Romney off the hook on Bain, on the 47% video, on his taxes, on Massachusetts being rated nationally as 47th in education while Romney was governor. He also couldn't almost stare Romney in the face and seemed to pick his answers from invisible points in front of him. That definitely wasn't a good outing. What happened?
The President should know this is really tight. If he wants to win, he needs to literally tear Romney into shreds and make a mincemeat of him in the coming debates. He needs to take the game to him. He needs to showcase why Romney's policies and plans aren't good for America. He needs to convince the voters he's the right man for the job. Thinking the American voters will see beyond his unspoken words might be a terrible mistake. American voters will like to hear what plans there are to fix the economy! It won't be surprising to hear that Gov Romney won over a few Obama voters after his brilliant showing. That's how it works. Romney has been a debater all his life. He does that well but Obama is the one who has the oratorical prowess. A shoddy showing like the first debate again might spell doom for the Obama camp. They sure know better, I guess. Let's all see how the vice-presidential debate between VP Joe Biden and Paul Ryan goes. Maybe the democrats will take it back from there. Whichever way it goes, the elections are just a couple weeks away and the American voters will decide!
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