Originally Posted by
Udaman
So where do we stand?
Well, in my opinion, Obama cannot win the debate tonight (not unless Romney completely tanks it, which will not happen)...the best he can do is tie. I think that's likely to happen. Like the VP debate both sides will claim their person did fine. Both sides will claim that Obama was more with it. Romney will probably take a dig at Obama's first debate performance (as Ryan did). If that happens, then everything kind of stays the same, with both men virtually tied, and really close in the swing states.
But, if Obama doesn't tie, this thing is over, and Romney will smoke him in 3 weeks.
My prediction, a draw.
All that said, I'm simply amazed that the Libya thing has turned into the political nightmare it has for Obama. It's pretty obvious that Romney jumped on it and made it political at the beginning, when doing so was pretty insensitive...but somehow the press has allowed this story to have legs, and pretty much it's all bad news for Obama. I see it as an awful thing that happened, in a tough part of the world - not really anyone's fault. The media seems to now accept that this was a major gaffe by the Obama administration, and that is certainly hurting him along foreign policy.