Romney/Obama Round Two

One thing has become manifestly clear. These debates are great entertainment. Where the first debate was all Romney this debate was a great battle. Look what is clear is that people on both sides of the political spectrum will continue to support their candidates and thus think that their candidate won.

What I want to address is that what became apparent in this forum was that while we have had four years to get to know the President's personality we now have become clearer and clearer on the personality of Mitt Romney.

There is a line between being aggressive and being arrogant and rude. What is hard for me to know that is how these exchanges are read by those critical undecided voters. Romney clearly is used to having his own way, he is very clearly a person who when challenged can be petulant and petty. I think what is quite apparent is that he is not that comfortable with women, certainly professional women, and that when challenged by anyone with a different set of facts or premises than he comes to the table with can be dismissive and rude.

How this would affect our relationships with other countries, one does not know. I want our government to be tougher on China and their economic policies, one gets the sense however that Romney has alot of his manhood tied up in his decisions.

I think that Romney is not a very likable man. G W Bush was a terrible President but I think he was likable. I saw the President once go back and pull a security guard out of a crush of reporters, pat him on the back and proceed. One gets the sense in the same scenario Romney would upbraid the man and demote him.

So many missed opportunities however to define Romney. It is not a pretty picture that Romney defines.