President Obama: I really liked how he opened and closed giving thanks to the people who coordinated the debate, as well a thanks to his opponent. When he asked overhead questions, he looked straight into the camera, as if he was asking you personally in your living room. However, I felt that Obama seemed kind of tired. When he was making his short speeches, he spent too much time on fluff. He wasn't getting back at Romney as he quick as he should, not bringing up easy points he could have defeated. But overall, I felt like President Obama was pretty respectful.
Mitt Romney: His speeches were well organized, and even though he got less time to speak, it FELT like he spoke more, because he kept going from point, to point, to point, covering more bases, and great job on making sure he got the last word. However, Romney kept interrupting President Obama, whether he was afraid he was gonna loose his train of thought, or that he wouldn't get enough time to speech, I'm not sure, but that does not permit him to interrupt his opponent.
I felt that both candidates were equally rude to the time keeper and host from PBS, ignoring his time keeping on purpose, and trying to answer the question before the question was fully read, which I find unacceptable. In my short time in Debate, you always respect the time keeper, the judge, and the host of the debate (which is usually the same person.)
Overall: The debate was fair, though it wasn't as heated as I would have liked it to be, (face it--it was kind of dry) and based off the notes that I took, I have to hand the win to Gov. Romney.
In my humble opinion about the debate:
President Obama: I really liked how he opened and closed giving thanks to the people who coordinated the debate, as well a thanks to his opponent. When he asked overhead questions, he looked straight into the camera, as if he was asking you personally in your living room. However, I felt that Obama seemed kind of tired. When he was making his short speeches, he spent too much time on fluff. He wasn't getting back at Romney as he quick as he should, not bringing up easy points he could have defeated. But overall, I felt like President Obama was pretty respectful.
Mitt Romney: His speeches were well organized, and even though he got less time to speak, it FELT like he spoke more, because he kept going from point, to point, to point, covering more bases, and great job on making sure he got the last word. However, Romney kept interrupting President Obama, whether he was afraid he was gonna loose his train of thought, or that he wouldn't get enough time to speech, I'm not sure, but that does not permit him to interrupt his opponent.
I felt that both candidates were equally rude to the time keeper and host from PBS, ignoring his time keeping on purpose, and trying to answer the question before the question was fully read, which I find unacceptable. In my short time in Debate, you always respect the time keeper, the judge, and the host of the debate (which is usually the same person.)
Overall: The debate was fair, though it wasn't as heated as I would have liked it to be, (face it--it was kind of dry) and based off the notes that I took, I have to hand the win to Gov. Romney.