Last Night We Saw President Romney

Watching the very important first debate last evening no one, and I mean no one, could walk away from the performance of Mitt Romney and not be sure he won the debate. Now we Democrats can talk about points made around the edges, that the moderator was weak, or things of this sort but we must understand one thing. The ground in this Presidential race shifted last night.

What makes this debate doubly frustrating for Democrats is that while there is no doubt that Governor Romney made was more commanding, more assertive, and to put it nicely had a clear presentation of his " facts", the President did have many opportunities to press Romney on his statements.

How can a Presidential debate happen and talk about fixing the Deficit without asking for specifics, how can a tax plan be debated without specifics on exemptions be demanded, how can Globalization be debated without talking about Bain Capital and Outsourcing, and how can we not mention 47 percent in any form.

In a sense it felt like Obama was playing rope a dope, not wanting to make any mistakes but this debate was total domination. You can lose a fight on points just as easily as you can lose on a knockout. In the end the title still changes hands.

I have been watching debates for thirty years, this was the worst performance I have ever seen. The President seemed unprepared, his body language was terrible, and his Anwar Sadat tic in his speech pattern was on display all evening.

Does this mean Romney wins. No it does not. In an odd way it might prove to be a good way to mobilize the Democrats to get out the vote. I also question how many people are truly undecided. In that sense Obama will most likely be alrght.

Still this was disconcerting. When Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, and Michael Moore say the Democrat lost the debate it was not close.

Two weeks ago on 60 minutes the Governor said that if a person has no health insurance then they can always go the emergency room, last night he cared about each and every American. Romney has been going around the country talking about his tax plan which according to all analysis provides a huge tax cut to the wealthy and now says that he will not cut high tax rates, he will cut middle class taxes, he will not raise the deficit, and that he will raise defense spending. As far as what he said last night he will accomplish this by cutting PBS. For the life of me the truest statement Romney said last night was that you could not have your own facts. The problem was he said this to the President and the President as he did all night just smiled and looked chastened.

I am not upset, I am mystified. I applaud the Governor. A wonderful performance. Here is something to consider. Is it possible that we saw the real Romney last night, the moderate, no longer in Conservative's clothes. Is it possible that under their celebrating his victory last night the Conservatives are hoping that this is only a wink and a nod performance as a sop to the middle and not a true reverting to who he really is.

Here is a fact. The Mitt Romney who appeared last night appeared to be more like Massachusetts Mitt and that man is electable as President of the United States. The fun thing is no one, and I mean no one, knows what kind of President he will be.

I saw a Samuel L Jackson video the other day urging Democrats to Wake up. I think that someone needs to deliver that message to the President today. He through his incompetence last night did what seemed impossible, he made Mitt Romney look Presidential.