The most Presidential Romney… at Debate 3
Steven R. Berryman
(First posted in MediaHooker October 23, 2012)
NJ Gov Chris Christie video asks, “What the hell is Obama
doing asking for another 4 years?”
shown on a CBSDC article posted to YouTube from Richmond, VA, last
Friday.
The remark was inspired by the moment of candor offered by
the president himself recently when Obama pronounced, “Washington cannot be
fixed from the inside.” Any comedian
could do a punch line to that one, and Christie offered him a bus ticket “to
the outside!”
The absolute arrogance of Obama to ask for another four
years, astonishes, especially as one reviews the record, and the phrase “fool
me once……” comes to the open-minded with ease… America will rely on hope only
once, when also supplied with the actual record.
The above came to me via DrudgeReport.com the morning after
presidential debate 3, as I had been looking for initial spin on who won,
etc. There was nothing, so I’ll take my
turn at it:
For a week I’ve known that Debate 3 had tremendous
importance to a photo finish election result, now more than ever with Romney
surging in the polls, especially in swing states, and among likely voters, and
with women voters; lynchpins of importance they are.
As I jogged the Monocacy River path in Frederick, near Fort
Detrick, Maryland on Monday late morning, I actually saw Obama returning from
Camp David and his debate prep weekend.
Over my head traveled two enormous Marine white-tops, followed by two
decoy / security choppers, two double rotor transports, and finally a Maryland
State Trooper unit behind to “clear the baffles” at the tail.
It seemed that the president thought he was traveling over
enemy territory in Frederick!
Later that day, on debate night, I arrived at the Jekyll
& Hyde Restaurant, a favorite GOP hangout and debate tradition now, to see
a packed group of the party faithful, many of them good friends. The house was at capacity of about 120.
Candidate Ken Timmerman and Delegate Kelly Schulz were
rallying the troops about to watch one of 8 wall-mounted flat-screens
together. I also registered many
members of the County GOP Central committee, City Aldermen, Senator David
Brinkley, and consultant, Bud Otis. Members of www.TheTentacle.com were also out in
force!
Romney presented himself as conservative in demeanor, and
presidential in form, right from the very start. His debate-prep, right down to the body language, was fascinating
to dissect.
I have to admit that those of us looking for another
slam-dunk performance like the first debate had been were a bit disconcerted
for about half hour as Romney measured his punches. But by the end at 10:30pm the strategy seemed to have
crystallized.
At this writing I have heard no commentary by talking heads,
and seen no updated poll measures by anyone, so here is my take:
A disassociated observer to American politics that knew
neither debater could easily have confused which candidate for president was
the incumbent sitting president, and which one was the outside-challenger. Romney was much more presidential and
mature, Obama came off as desperately flailing to get in one line zingers in
hopes of some upset!
Obama SEEMED to be a guy trying to come from behind…
Romney kept his cool throughout, and kept to the questions
at hand; although this was a foreign policy debate, he didn’t need to nail
Obama on Libya and the assassination of Ambassador Stevens, and he didn’t. Obama was forced to talk-over and interrupt
many times, and came off looking desperate.
The closest to a gotcha moment ocurred when Romney reminded
Obama of his “apology tour” and early “space” allowed between our relationship
with Israel. Of course, Obama had
skipped any stop in Israel on his first Middle Eastern swing; last night he
called them “our most important ally in the region,” in the height of
hypocrisy.
An Obama out of ammo also went back to the “I got bin Laden”
tactic. Claiming how important HIS
decision to pull the trigger was. NOW
WHICH PRESIDENT WOULD HESITATE ONE MOMENT to pull the trigger on the worlds leading
terrorist? Sorry, Mr. P, no credit
given for a non-decision.
In totality, I believed that Romney came out in debate not
to energize his own base, or to woo the faithful; that would have been a
different speech, even easier to program in during prep. Nobody has left more opportunity for
partisan ridicule on the table than our incumbent president!
The target audience had been swing states, in the obvious
nods to fossil fuel and energy independence.
Why not play to our own strengths as a nation! Another audience had been women voters, as the more composed and
far-sightful Romney ruled the dialogue.
Certainly the undecided and presumably open-minded voters
were the targets, as many were deciding whether to vote at all…
As the dust settles and new pulses are taken over the next
weekend, I believe the Romney momentum will be enhanced, no matter the spin
from PBS, ABC, and msnbc.
A current pithy Mitt Romney ad proudly posits: We’ve tried “hope,” now lets try
“competence.”
From this point forward, the numbers DO count, and a REAL
president will emerge!
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