The evening began immediately clear. Obama wanted to win the sympathies of the audience at the University of Denver and the millions of citizens who were connected with TV, recalling his 20th wedding anniversary with Michelle. But Mitt Romney, who many said not to have quick reflexes, even ripped a laugh to the public, arguing: "Congratulations to the president, I'm sure to spend the night here with me was the most romantic way to celebrate".
Hot points of discussion: healthcare reform and taxation. The first, an advantage for Obama: "The reform made by Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts is substantially identical to mine". Immediateli the stab of Romney: "You've had two years with a majority in both the Senate and the House and what he decided to do ? Fighting for "Obamacare" instead of giving work to American citizens".
The clashes, even though elegant and educated,flew mainly on how to fix the economy. On taxes, Romney is much more effective. The President: "I have found a way to immediately cut waste. Take away the tax deductions for large oil companies." Romney: "Cut just waste? but you are not been President for four years? ".
Another attack from Romney: "The President promised to reduce government debt but it has doubled." Obama on the other hand points the finger at the Bush legacy: "When I arrived in the Oval Office I found $ 1 billion of debt to welcome me."
Obama appeared nervous, unclear, sometimes reluctant in their responses, with his eyes looking down, he continued to read the notes and never looked his opponent in the face, unlike Romney. The president had repeatedly played the card of his troubled personal history (but now we knew all!). Quote parents, and his maternal grandmother. Speaking of health care reform he insisted: "You want to put the elderly under the yoke of the insurance company, the elderly as was my grandmother."
Romney instead never mentioned his Family in his speech, but he has spent hours pre-debate with his wife Ann, four of five children, her sister and two of the 18 grandchildren. It was very clear, limpid eyes are always focused on Obama.
The weaknesses of the two candidates have not been the subject of debate, will certainly be in the next few comparisons, that 's just the first round: Romney did not mention the attack on the consulate in Benghazi in Libya and Obama did not mention Bain Capital, the rival's company "suspected" of having escaped hundreds of millions of tax dollars and concerns about offshore accounts of Mormon millionaire.
The president repeated several times: "It's math." A leap that has underpinned the image from "professor" with gray hair suggested so far. Obama also seemed older than Romney, despite the 14 years younger. Sure to be the President of the most powerful nation of the world must be very tiring!.
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