Romneys Road to the White House, let the bouncies begin, Pres. debate #3 thread

[GOBUCKS]

NumbersMuncher ‏@NumbersMuncher

PPP post-debate INDYs only key stat: "More/less likely to vote after debate" - Obama 32 more/48 less. Romney 47 more/35 less.

As a group "independents" are way too stupid to have an opinion.

DUmpmonkeys are as smart as independents.

[franksolich]

Good job running this thread, Ballygrl.

Great job!

[franksolich]

You know, Romney isn't the conservative I wanted.....

I thought it went great; he just happened to be focused on a different group last night.

You got two groups here; the base, and the undecided-but-friendly.

Like Ballygrl, I wish he'd come out harder and made some punches.

But he already has our two votes.

It seemed to me he was concentrating upon attracting the Tanker sort of voter this time around.

We all know I highly esteem Tanker, not least because of his cool unemotional rational competence.

Tanker's never struck me as the sort of voter who likes to see knock-out-drag-out fights; he'd rather see calm reasoned arguments.

So I suspect Romney was focused on the Tanker sort of voter.

At any rate, it's all good.  Whatever works.

[franksolich]

Aside from needing Romney we need a Tea Party House and Senate to hold his feet to the fire.

This is perhaps more appropriate for a thread featuring the big guy in Bellevue, but anyway.....

Early this morning I read in the newspaper that the 1st and 3rd district congressmen from Nebraska, running for re-election, are taking time off from their campaigns and will be in some of the northeastern blue states instead, boosting Romney/Ryan.

I've never heard of such a thing, but I suppose it's been done before.

(The 2nd district congressman, from Omaha, is staying here in Nebraska, trying to shore up his narrow 58-41% lead in the bluest part of the state.)

I suppose it makes sense, seeing as how an (R) House could get a whole lot more done with an (R) White House.

All three congressmen are Tea Party Patriots; one wonders what sort of reaction the two are getting back east.

[Ballygrl]

I think Romney purposely went low key to appeal to the Independents.

[Ballygrl]

Oh, and Kyle reminded me of this, it's the economy stupid, I have no doubt Mitt picked and chose his battles, he laid low on Benghazi but he hit it out of the ballpark by getting the economy into the debate, and Mitt went all out with this comment, it's totally sig worthy:

[youtube=425,350]_rE3NZr_oMo[/youtube]

[franksolich]

Where are the members of the Democratic party in good standing that post.....

Even though the curtain was pulled down only a couple of minutes into the debate, we all know what the primitives said.

But one has to remember that to the primitives, purple is green, water is dry, and the earth is flat.

So one can't take the primitives' opinions seriously.

Alas! for the primitives, ignored by professional Democrats and liberals, laughed at by decent and civilized people.

[wasp69]

Good job running this thread, Ballygrl.

Great job!

No kidding.  Bally, yer the bestest!   

[Cruise]

I think Romney purposely went low key to appeal to the Independents.

I had a different take on it.  I think Obama was obviously baiting and spoiling for a p**sing contest.  I think Romney knew that in advance and avoided it.  I don't know how he knew exactly the right strategy to pick to make Obama seem small during all three debates, but he did it, proving himself capable of always staying a step ahead of the opposition.

[dixierose]

I want to thank Ballygirl for this thread. I enjoyed keeping up with what was going on while watching MNF. The best of both worlds

[DumbAss Tanker]

I thought it went great; he just happened to be focused on a different group last night.

You got two groups here; the base, and the undecided-but-friendly.

Like Ballygrl, I wish he'd come out harder and made some punches.

But he already has our two votes.

It seemed to me he was concentrating upon attracting the Tanker sort of voter this time around.

We all know I highly esteem Tanker, not least because of his cool unemotional rational competence.

Tanker's never struck me as the sort of voter who likes to see knock-out-drag-out fights; he'd rather see calm reasoned arguments.

So I suspect Romney was focused on the Tanker sort of voter.

At any rate, it's all good.  Whatever works.

Well, thanks, Frank; of course I have been a dedicated ABO vote for a long time due to my own pet rocks, like the Second Amendment, intelligent long-term management and use of our military and naval forces, and putting the Constitution and Nation ahead of partisan advantage or simple Chicago-style corruption...and of course the fact I think Obama is the biggest phony ever foisted on the American public by a credulous and uncritical media.

While I do love to see really telling blows struck in conflicts, I also recognize there are many, many times when there is more to gain in the long run by not throwing them than the short-term advantage and satisfaction of delivering the killing zinger.  I think that debate was one of those times, for Romney; like Ryan, he made no critical mistakes and gave his opponent no great advantage, so the momentum begun in the first debate should continue to build unimpeded.

[EagleKeeper]

I didn't follow this thread last night, as a matter of fact I turned off the TV several hours prior to last nights debate and mostly just threw cat toys around.

This morning I read this thread, very entertaining and this post has had me laughing for about an hour so far...

BLACK REPUBLICAN ‏@blackrepublican

UNINSTALLING OBAMA..... █████████████▒▒▒▒▒▒ 94% Complete

Anyway, I was very pleased with Rmoney's performance last night...and for that matter I was very pleased with the job Bob Schiffer (sp) did.

After checking in with the democrats that post on democratunderground.com this morning all I sense is stunned silence, but I'm sure that will change as soon as the cheerleaders get going to shame them into deluding themselves again.

2 weeks to go, I will look forward, in a day or two, to the polls continuing to move in Rmoneys direction.

Much to the chagrin of the DUmmies.

Frankly, I am starting to anticipate another chance to bathe in the misery of the DUmp once again.

[Wineslob]

WTH? I watched the Giants game (GO GIANTS!!!!!!) last night. This morning MSM says that The Big Zero "knocked it out of the park".

Are you people delusional?

















 

[Karin]

short-term advantage and satisfaction of delivering the killing zinger

  Yes, as entertaining as those can be, I think there was some danger of Romney's walking into a trap, set by someone who has inside knowledge by virtue of his position.  It's a careful line to walk. 

I thought the apology tour segment was the best in show.  Memorable and presidential.  Did anybody else want to throw a vase through the TV when king zero called it a "whopper," etc.?  The response was great.  Measured, calm, as if speaking to a child needing correction. 

[Ballygrl]

Thanks guys, and I appreciate those who post threads from DU, there's no way I can do Twitter and DU, Twitter moves way too fast.

[Ballygrl]

I had a different take on it.  I think Obama was obviously baiting and spoiling for a p**sing contest.  I think Romney knew that in advance and avoided it.  I don't know how he knew exactly the right strategy to pick to make Obama seem small during all three debates, but he did it, proving himself capable of always staying a step ahead of the opposition.

That's a great point and something I didn't think of.

[BlueStateSaint]

WTH? I watched the Giants game (GO GIANTS!!!!!!) last night. This morning MSM says that The Big Zero "knocked it out of the park".

Are you people delusional?

















 

That was "Barry Zito."

[Ballygrl]

This morning I read this thread, very entertaining and this post has had me laughing for about an hour so far...

BLACK REPUBLICAN ‏@blackrepublican

UNINSTALLING OBAMA..... █████████████▒▒▒▒▒▒ 94% Complete

That really was

[Ballygrl]

RASMUSSEN: R 50% O 46%...

[Karin]

And Gallup still at 51 R,  45 O

[Ballygrl]

And those are pre-debate #3 numbers, which means Obama didn't do as good as the left said in debate #2.

[Airwolf]

I had a different take on it.  I think Obama was obviously baiting and spoiling for a p**sing contest.  I think Romney knew that in advance and avoided it.  I don't know how he knew exactly the right strategy to pick to make Obama seem small during all three debates, but he did it, proving himself capable of always staying a step ahead of the opposition.

Look at his opponent. The man has done nothing but follow the "rules for Radicals" for so long that it's part of his DNA. Obama is as predictable as the sun coming up in the East. Without help Obama is just another fool that can't run a coherent thought.

[njpines]

And those are pre-debate #3 numbers, which means Obama didn't do as good as the left said in debate #2.

Scott Rasmussen has said as such.  He has been on Fox/Drudge the last couple of days telling people to expect a Romney bounce from Debate 2.

[wasp69]

WTH? I watched the Giants game (GO GIANTS!!!!!!) last night. This morning MSM says that The Big Zero "knocked it out of the park".

Are you people delusional?

They (the worthless media) had to declare him the undisputed winner.  They're (media and left) whole meme has been that barry is the king of foreign policy and Romney is a clueless pilgrim that can't possibly understand the 8 dimension chess game barry plays.  He's media made and their reputation (such that it is) hinges on them keeping that illusion.

Reality, however, is much different, as we all witnessed.  Romney jabbed little barky in the nose all night and made the sooper genius obama react to him instead of being baited into some BS playground slap fest.  Romney made him look like the petulant little boy we have known little barry to be for the last 4+ years and himself look presidential.  Let's face it, the man is a self made billionaire for a reason and little barry is a created myth; the successful businessman showed the entire world what a "winner" looks and acts like.

I firmly believe that in the next few days, as reality sinks in, you will see the left unmake this little twerp as fast as they made him.  They've gone all in on his worthless hide and they know they're going to lose big.

[Karin]

petulant little boy

Just strolling around the internet, I see that's becoming a very common phrase.  I sense a trend.