It's odd to me how politics is all the talk around the water cooler, yet here on Blogger people seem to be going out of their way to talk about the weather, the grand kids, what they had for lunch, anything BUT politics. This seems like a very non-confrontational group. I'm not looking for "confrontation", but just a good healthy discussion and exchange of ideas. I guess I'll just have to have that exchange with myself. So be it. Y'all can relax. I've got this.
Anyway, I thought last night's presidential debate was a good one. Both candidates came prepared and it showed. Neither fell on his face like Obama did 2 weeks ago. The consensus this morning is that Obama narrowly won the night, and I guess I wouldn't argue with that. It seems pretty obvious that these two don't like each other....it's become personal.
I'm guessing Romney thought it a good thing that he got to go first, based on a coin flip. Trouble was, it meant Obama got to speak last, with no time for rebuttal. Obama in essence had a closing statement, and Romney didn't. This is where Mitt's 47% quip was brought up again and eloquently hammered home, and was left in the audience's mind to ponder overnight. Shrewd or just luck, I think it will show up in this coming week's polls.
Speaking of polls, have any of you ever been polled by Gallup or ABC or CNN any of the more prominent companies? I haven't, nor do I even know of anyone who has been. Part of that might be because I live in Texas, which means the pollsters just consider me and everyone else here a Red Stater, so why bother polling me? Because of the fairly wide discrepancy in results, I'm thinking polls get waaaaay more attention than they deserve. That's what I think.
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