Romney Steals The Spotlight

The first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney aired on October 3rd 2012 and the world saw Obama's crushing defeat at the hands of Romney.

It was clearly a lopsided victory. Throughout the debate Romney was very focused on what points he wanted to make and he did that with precision and  confidence. Obama however, always tried to divert attention from the matter at hand by beginning with mentioning his anniversary and telling his wife that he is the 'luckiest man on earth' to have her. It seems like Obama is really fond of this strategy as even in his victory speech in 2008 he tried to get attention by mentions of his late grandmother and his family to show just how much of a family man he is. He should have been confident with his head held up high but instead it could be seen that he was looking down for the most part and had a forced smile on his face. Romney seemed eager to address the president But Obama having been the leader for the past 4 years, instead of being able to give a solid reply to the points that Romney raised, was completely at a loss for words that would combat his opponent's words and went on rambling without getting to a point. He was clearly agitated and uncomfortable with Romney's command and questions and this was very evident in his exaggerated smile and pained expressions. And despite speaking for 4 minutes longer than Romney, Obama failed to arrive at a specific or valid point, his words were just scattered and didn't mesh well enough with each other to drive home a solid argument

Romney's performance was appreciated by everyone and there was a universal agreement that he clearly crushed Obama with his confidence, words and knowledge.