New Jersey political insiders agreed: Mitt Romney won Round 1 against President Barack Obama.
According to a Patch flash poll immediately following Wednesday night's presidential debate in Denver, Colo., 63 percent of both Democratic and Republican respondents believed Romney was victorious.
"This is a game-changer, especially in a close race," one Democratic respondent said. "Obama was definitely off his game."
All 29 Republican respondents believed Romney won by either a wide or slim margin, while 11 of the 27 Democratic respondents agreed.
"Mr. Romney taking the President to task regarding the misrepresentation of his tax plan," one Republican insider said of the moment that would stand out most among New Jersey conservatives. "Mr. Romney was clearly on the offensive tonight."
Seventy percent of all respondents, including 20 or 27 Democratic insiders, believed Romney will be declared the "consensus winner" by the national media.
"This was a disaster for the President, [a] home run for Gov. Romney," a Democratic insider said.
"Obama looked nervous, unprepared, and angry at being challenged," another Democrat said.
Nearly 45 percent of the Democratic respondents disagreed with the statement, "Barack Obama's October 3 debate performance makes it more likely he will win" next month's election, while 22 percent were not sure.
"Obama was unconfident and squeamish and gave answers in a way that made me feel like he didn't believe his own words, when saying out loud what he's all about," a Democratic insider said. "Obama found his own answers hard to believe."
All but one Republican insider agreed that Romney's performance on Tuesday makes it more likely the GOP candidate will win next month.
"Mitt Romney came across as knowledgeable, steady and likeable—not at all the evil corporate raider as labeled by Democrats," a Republican respondent said. "His campaign should jump on the bump he'll get from this performance."
"Romney appearing presidential, substantive, decisive, and likable," will stand out most among New Jersey swing voters, one Republican said.
"NJ swing voters will now see Romney doesn't wear horns," the respondent said. "And he actually makes a lot of sense."
And Medicare as it is now constituted is not broken as papers and studies by right wing think tanks like Heritage, AEI, Cato, etc, would like you to believe. Its administrative costs are a small fraction of those of any private insurer in this country; its beneficiaries are much more satisfied with their health insurance than are privately-insured Americans; and the rate of cost increase per beneficiary in Medicare (making fair comparisons by holding benefits constant) has lagged well behind most private insurers for the last decade... The term "crisis" as used here. . .is the Republican right's buzz word to decimate Medicare. Does Medicare have problems with baby boomers coming onto the system and rising medical costs. . .Yes. Can we address the problems like we have in the past. . .Yes. . .but it takes the will to do it!
November 6th cant get here fast enough http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/obamas-concert-with-katy-perry-bon-jovi-to-snarl-la-traffic.html
http://englewood.patch.com/articles/nj-environmental-federation-endorses-democrats-for-congress-blasts-gop Note, the first comment following this embeded PATCH article.
Let's get honest here - the demonstrable hatred the right wing and tea-partiers have for President Obama stems from the word they would just they would just love to shout from their rooftops about him.....it begins with "N" and ends with "R" and it's not Nation-Builder.
Shame on you and your liberal friends who continue to support the cover up of murdered Americans. http://freebeacon.com/revolt-of-the-spooks/
The ILLEGAL TRAITOR LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!