Romney Won the Second Debate
By Dick Morris
FoxNews.com
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Oct. 16, 2012: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney answers a question during the second presidential debate. (AP/Reuters Pool)
By scoring big on the economy, gas
prices, and Libya, Romney continued his
victorious string of debate wins. He
looked more presidential than Obama did
and showed himself to be an articulate,
capable, attractive, compassionate
leader with sound ideas.
Obama came over as boorish and
Biden-esque. He did not learn from his
Vice President's mistakes. When a
president gets into a bar room brawl, he
loses his dignity and his aura, key
assets for an incumbent. Romney was
polite but firm. Obama seemed
quarrelsome, frustrated, nasty, and
cranky.
But the key reason for the Romney win
was substantive:
1. Romney made very clear the case
against Obama's economic record and
Obama's rebuttal about 5 million jobs
was pathetic.
2. Romney injected the China issue, big
time, and tapped into a strong public
sentiment on the issue.
3. Romney made the effective case that
Obama is anti-oil, coal, and gas and
that this has doubled gas prices.
4. Romney was very effective in
differentiating himself from Bush-43 and
in establishing that, unlike the GOP of
the past, he was for small businesses
not big businesses
5. Romney rebutted the attacks on him
over Chinese investments.
6. Romney explained his tax plan well
and to everyone's satisfaction.
7. Obama erred in trying to make us
believe that he always felt Libya was a
terror attack. We all heard him blame
the movie.
Obama scored points over the 47%
statement by Romney, immigration, and by
his response to the accusation that he
went to Vegas after the murder of the
Ambassador.
But this debate goes to Romney. It seals
his momentum and will lead to a big win.
Dick Morris is a Fox News contributor and author. His latest book is "Here Come the Black Helicopters: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom." Visit his website: www.dickmorris.com and follow him on Twitter@DickMorrisTweet. Click here to sign up to get all of Dick's videos emailed to you.