Romney vs. Obama Debate - Part II on Tuesday - let's score it!

[Mars_ax]

The GOP will do a lot of hand wringing and doom/gloom spiels if they lose but I think much of the party realizes what a weak field they had to choose from and that Romney isn't really a strong conservative. The President is much more of a messiah type icon for the Dems. The truth is if Romney wins he does it more due to the lack of success of Obama than his own potential. Pretty similar to how the current President got elected off of the anti-Bush momentum.

It IS sad how lately the elections seem to be more about getting "so-and-so" to lose, rather than "yeah, he's pretty good... but my candidate's better." Sad reflection of the times we live in.

Isn't that pretty much how American politics has always been? It's the 2 party system, one side wins and the other side is pissed off for 4 years.

[TitoFan]

The GOP will do a lot of hand wringing and doom/gloom spiels if they lose but I think much of the party realizes what a weak field they had to choose from and that Romney isn't really a strong conservative. The President is much more of a messiah type icon for the Dems. The truth is if Romney wins he does it more due to the lack of success of Obama than his own potential. Pretty similar to how the current President got elected off of the anti-Bush momentum.

It IS sad how lately the elections seem to be more about getting "so-and-so" to lose, rather than "yeah, he's pretty good... but my candidate's better." Sad reflection of the times we live in.

Isn't that pretty much how American politics has always been? It's the 2 party system, one side wins and the other side is pissed off for 4 years.

Yeah, but ideally it should be about wanting your guy to win more than your wanting the other guy to lose.