CC#2: The Debate

Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake have written and article for The Washington Post entitled "How the 1st debate changed the campaign (and what it didn't change)", Cillizza and Blake have both stated their two main purposes quiet clearly in their article as what has changed and hasn't changed for the election.

As we all know, the first presidential debate for 2012 aired on October 3rd, 2012 and many differential opinions were discussed. Whether President Obama. All in all both candidates never ran out of time speaking (one did stutter to take more time) and even exceeded their 2 minute time limits.

Cillizza and Blake both expressed their own opinions in their article by just the facts they have chosen. For instance, in their changes they put that many republicans are excited about Romney now after the debate. Statistics apparently show that 80% of people that were to vote for Romney are only voting for him because they are anti-Obama, the other 20% are voting for the reason they are pro-Romney. Quoting the people by saying, "we have a reason to vote for Romney."

For things that haven't changed, Cillizza and Blake put the Obama electoral vote edge and that the Obama team is NOT dumb. They predicted that all of the swing states would mostly go to Romney, but Obama would most likely still win the electoral vote. The two never did state the reason why Obama would win the electoral vote though. By saying the Obama team is not dumb, they are simply pointing out that during good times the team are "geniuses"; when the times are bad the team are "idiots."

Towards the end of heir article, Cillizza and Blake bring up some issues between the two political parties. For instance, there is money, the Big Bird ad, and Romney's "New Normal" ad. Obama and the DNC raised $181 million dollars in September. Romney and the RNC, unfortunately, raise as much money. The Big Bird ad lead to be a big issue since it was an ad that Obama released basically bashing Romney for wanting to end federal funding on public broadcasting. Making it seem as if Obama and the Democratic Party are warm hearted. Finally Romney's "New Normal" ad brings up controversy on how Obama is "lowering expectations" on Americans.

I agree with the fact that Obama's team is not dumb because since it seems like everyone is a genius when times are going good and that they are idiots when they are bad. I disagree with the fact that Republicans only voted for Romney because they were against Obama. I know for a fact that my parents voted for Romney because of his glorious ideas.