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And The Winner Is…


Oh dear. Democrats in Connecticut who are hoping that President Barak Obama will be the tide that lifts all their campaigns boats had better hope that no one saw the first televised debate between Mr. Obama and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. Fortunately for them, campaign debates do not decide elections.

On the left in Mediaville, Chris Mathews’ former tingle turned into a knotty cramp that left him apoplectic with unsuppressed rage.

“Here on this network is where we’re having the debate. We have our knives out. We go after the people and the facts. What was he doing tonight? He went in there disarmed. He was, ‘Wait an hour and a half, I think I can get through this thing, I don’t even want to look at this guy.’ Whereas Romney — I loved the split screen, staring at Obama, addressing him like the prey. He did it just right. I’m coming at an incumbent. I’ve got to beat him. You got to beat the champ and I’m going to beat him tonight. And I don’t care what this guy moderator whatever he think he is because I’m going to ignore him. What was Romney doing? He was winning.”


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/03/post-debate-msnbcs-chris-matthews-lapses-into-panic-mode/#ixzz28L1v4Thm

James Carville mentioned something about a chainsaw.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/04/carville-mitt-romney-came-with-a-chainsaw/#ixzz28KomHGY6

Even the ideologically neutral AP report gave little lift to Democrats.

“Little more than a month from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney is barreling out of the first presidential debate energized by a solid performance that telegraphed his determination to take it to President Barack Obama with gusto.”

“Karl Amelchenko, an Obama supporter who watched the debate at a storefront art gallery in Raleigh, N.C., thought Romney did himself some good.

"’I think he won, unfortunately,’ Amelchenko said. ‘I think he might change some minds."


Read more: http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20121001/US.Presidential.Campaign/?cid=hero_media


Lefty commentator Andrew Sullivan coughed up a hairball.

“Look: you know how much I love the guy, and you know how much of a high information viewer I am, and I can see the logic of some of Obama's meandering, weak, professorial arguments. But this was a disaster for the president for the key people he needs to reach, and his effete, wonkish lectures may have jolted a lot of independents into giving Romney a second look.”


Read more: http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/10/live-blogging-the-first-presidential-debate-2012.html

President George Bush being unavailable for the usual knocking, the president’s defenders have settled upon moderator Jim Lehrer as a convenient scapegoat.

“Obama spokesperson Stephanie Cutter took a swipe at moderator Jim Lehrer's largely passive debate performance tonight, saying the PBS anchor had allowed Mitt Romney to act as the moderator."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/10/obamas-cutter-takes-swipe-at-lehrer-137444.html


 
National Journal quoted numbers from a CNN poll confirming the debate winner:



“A CNN telephone survey of 430 registered voters who were questioned after watching the contest handed an even more decisive victory to Romney: 67 percent said he won the debate, compared to only 25 percent who said the same of Obama.”



Read more: http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/post-debate-polls-of-voters-declare-romney-the-winner-20121003

The sad news has even reached Connecticut.

“Republican pundits and Romney insiders are barely containing their joy in the wake of Wednesday’s presidential debate, which was widely scored a TKO for GOP candidate Mitt Romney — by just about everybody.”


Read more: http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/10/04/live-from-the-%E2%80%9Cduel-in-denver%E2%80%9D-spin-room-joy-in-gop-ville-as-romney-gets-tko-on-obama-video/


 
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