Al Gore - Blame It On The Altitude

The President was shocked last night. I couldn't help but keep looking at his responses. He was dumbfounded, confused and disbelieving that Romney was taking over the debate. He tried to stick to his plan, but it kept falling apart on him. He and Clinton had revised a plan whereby he would say something like, We'll we need not look back but look forward to the future. But every time he tried it, it failed

Unfortunately nothing the President tried helped him. If the President talked about the past, Romney would come in with facts and figures that blew apart anything he had to say. Then he would look at Romney with a look that said when can I get out of here? Or I should have celebrated our anniversary instead.

Romney from the start went for the jugular trying to choke Obamacare. Obama said a few words and Romney came back with instead of working for two years on Obamacare you should have worked on jobs for the American people. Saying to us he wasted his political capital he had gained from the election.

Obama responded with a weak ' Oh, we worked on jobs too.' I think right then Obama realized he hadn't done his homework. That Romney was ready for the exchange. We will never really know what happened with Obama, he seemed tired, unprepared and weak. Romney was in charge of the debate and even Lehrer had trouble keeping him in place.

He really hit it hard on things that Obama had said that were not true. At one point Romney said that he had never heard of a law that gave deductions for companies that took jobs overseas. That he had been a businessman for 25 years and there was no such law.

The ratings really went high when Romney said he would work with the other side, something Obama would not do with Obamacare and left the Republicans with no input. Romney said in his health care plan it was Democrats and Republicans working together. This is something highly important to voters. They are tired of the split in government. And they have a right to be..

Romney spoke of personal responsibility, not a government that takes care of everyone. The part I liked is keeping Medicare in the hands of the states. This way we have more control.

Another of his corrections to Obama "I never said I would raise taxes on the middle class.
All in all Romney hit the nail on the head and continued throughout the debate. He especially clobbered the President on the indebtedness of the country and the mess he has left for our children and grandchildren.
He spoke of tying the hands of the small businessman and the taxes that they are hard hit with. Even giving the figures of a small business where the owner paid nearly half of what he made to the government. Obama would increase that by 5%. He also told of the fears small businessmen face, and of the large force of Americans they employ in the United States. He clearly wants to fight for the small business's.

And through all of this he showed a gentleness, not the hard hearted person the President has painted him on the campaign trail. It was a great evening and one that will be remembered for a long time in Romney's bid for the White House.