Is there some saying about a country getting the leader it deserves?

I believe the conlcusion you've come to is that :

a) Obama is honest, but unable to achieve his lofty goals.
b) Mitt Romney is a lying evil genius.

Having watched the whole thing now, it seemed to me that Obama was too polite to butt in and talk over Romney or the presenter, while Romney did it quite a bit, which gave him the forceful edge and didn't get told to pipe down by the presenter.