Published: PolicyMic (October 16, 2012)
Editor’s Note: This represents instant analysis of the presidential debate on Wednesday night. For the author’s thoughts in the hour immediately before the debate began, see here.
Here are my first impressions about the second debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on Tuesday evening:
1) The Big Points:
– Obama’s performance was much, much stronger this time around.
Published: PolicyMic (October 16, 2012)
Here is my prediction for the second Obama-Romney debate:
I think it’s going to be a draw, which will ultimately work slightly to President Barack Obama’s advantage.
Because the president was widely viewed as having lost the first debate, the proverbial bar has been set so low for him this time that any kind of reasonably energized showing will likely be applauded as a marked improvement.
Published: PolicyMic (October 15, 2012)
As he prepares for the second presidential debate, President Barack Obama can learn a valuable political lesson from an unlikely source: George W. Bush.
When Bush defeated John Kerry in 2004, it was due in no small part to the fact that the Massachusetts Senator was widely viewed as a “flip-flopper.”
Published: PolicyMic (October 11, 2012)
Editor’s Note: This represents instant analysis of the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night. For the author’s thoughts in the hour immediately before the debate began, see here.
Here are my first impressions about the debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan on Thursday evening:
1) The Big Points
– Biden’s message in this debate can be summed up in two phrases: “That’s a bunch of malarkey” and “Facts matter.”
Published: PolicyMic (October 11, 2012)
Some opening thoughts on the upcoming vice presidential debate:
– Just as Mitt Romney benefited from low expectations in the first presidential debate, so too will Joe Biden likely walk away as the declared “victor” in this contest by simple virtue of being the perceived underdog.