Week 7B Presidential Debate

Round two of the Presidential Debate was tough for me to watch, similar in comparison to the first round of the debate.  Obama appeared to be the man on top of the debate for this evening, although, I feel that Romney somewhat ruined it for himself in a way.  The argument was hotter than the week before as Obama came out guns firing.  The President was in fact a gread deal more pompous than in the previous debate.  Obama touched on Romney's apparent '5-point-plan,' stating that the governor only has a one-point-plan, that plan being in fact to cut taxes for the wealthy and force the middle class to pay more.  "You can ship jobs overseas and get tax breaks for it. You can invest in a country, bankrupt it, lay off the workers, strip away their pensions and you still make money. That's exactly the philosophy that we've seen in place for the last decade," the president stated last evening.   Both competitors then touched on the topic of unemployment.   The rivals disagreed about taxes, measures to reduce the deficit, energy, pay equity for women, and health care issues.  One question brought up the topic of a recent terrorist attack in Libya on a U.S. ambassador.  Romney stated that the President had failed to mention it after some time.  The president stated that he had addressed the issue in the Rose Garden at the White House.  The mediator of the debate stood up for the President, stating that he did in fact did as he said.  The entire evening appeared to run in this fashion, as one rival stated something, and then the other would simply state the exact opposite.  It seems that both competitors need to do some more investigating prior to the third and final debate.