thedailybell.com / by Staff Report / Wednesday, October 17, 2012
US presidential debate: Barack Obama attacks Mitt Romney‘s integrity … Two weeks ago in Denver Barack Obama appeared content to tackle Mitt Romney in the abstract, musing directly to the American people almost as if his opponent was not even in the room. It was a disaster, and he didn’t make the same mistake twice. Last night it was personal: from the very first exchange in this combative town hall encounter in Hempstead, New York, the president went after Mr Romney, repeatedly and deliberately picking at his opponent’s policy positions – past and present. – Encyclopedia, YouTube
Dominant Social Theme: Obama picked up his game after a disastrous outing.
Free-Market Analysis: On October 8th, we posted a video-analysis asking if US President Barack Obama had done badly in the first debate on purpose. You can see it here: “Was Obama Debate Failure a Ploy?”
Now we see in numerous analyses of the second presidential debate that Obama learned from his mistakes and that he is generally seen as having won this second debate.
But our conclusion is that he likely DID throw the first debate on purpose.
