ENGL 450: October 17th Post

Without a doubt President Obama won. The media will try to spin it and make it seem closer than it was, but it wasn't. Once again, Mitt Romney had the chance to give us the facts of his plan and he passed on that again. Really! We are 21 days out!

And Mitt Romney's handling of women's issues was atrocious - Binders full of women, IF women work (If, I beg your pardon), women should be home cooking. Did not give a direct answer on equal pay for women. Even if the contraception debate is not high yield for every female voter, his missteps in this debate are too huge to overlook.

He miscalculated the Libya attack, and thought he had the kill. The major “haha” moment and that backfired majorly. Oops.

I have been laughing at the media narrative since the first debate, about Romney's momentum. News Flash - we do not elect by national polls in this country, it is done by states, and in that regards, Romney's so called momentum was really much ado about nothing.

In terms of Aristotle’s “delivery”, Obama and Romney both seemed to focus on looking much more lively and upbeat. Obviously, this format was much better for both candidates, because it seemed more natural. Obama did flip 180 degrees, he looked much more involved and I think the media will really bite on that and suggest his momentum win.