gut;1297360 wrote:I thought the debate was surprisingly decent, given that Romney did stumble plenty and Obama still has no ideas. But I thought they did a relatively ok job of answering the questions. You have to remember they only have 2 minutes, and have to dumb it down while still having a point supported by some details. LOL, it takes Romney like 45 seconds just to tick-off his 5 point plan.
Really the entire concept is kind of comical. When you consider everything these guys need to know and be responsible for, we are basically putting them thru a rather weak interview totaling about 4.5 hrs. Screw the stupid stump speeches - these guys should debate like twice a week for 60 minutes covering a single, focused topic for 2 months. Still only like 8 hours each.
Seriously, everyone has a tv. What's with all the trips and campaigning? Get up there for an hour every night and tell us about your plans and how to fix the problems. There should be no needs for ads or rallies in Akron.
College kid asks, "What can you say to reassure me, but more importantly my parents, that I will be able to sufficiently support myself after I graduate?"
Romney replies:
"the key thing is to make sure you can get a job when you get out of school. And what's happened over the last four years has been very, very hard for America's young people. I want you to be able to get a job. ... I know what it takes to create good jobs again. I know what it takes to make sure that you have the kind of opportunity you deserve."
Obama replies:
"I want to build manufacturing jobs in this country again. ... and that means we change our tax code so we're giving incentives to companies that are investing here in the United States and creating jobs here. ... I also want to make sure that community colleges are offering slots for workers to get retrained for the jobs that are out there right now and the jobs of the future. ... And let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools."
It's only one example but do not act like Obama has a monopoly on the no ideas platform.