The Expectation Game

In the coming days, the Presidential debates and debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan will take place. Much too much weight is being placed on these contests. I do not think based on his performance in the GOP debates in this election cycle and even back to the 2008 campaign where Romney lost the GOP Presidential nomination to John McCain that the former Massachusetts Governor is any great debater. Nor do I believe Obama speaks beautifully off the cuff, but Obama does deliver prepared text with tremendous eloquence and conviction. Both Presidential campaigns are trying to tamp down expectations about their respective candidate's performance in the upcoming forum. I for one will not be swayed in the least by any of what is said because the issue is larger than Obama looking good and Romney appearing stiff or even flustered Wednesday night. Barack Hussein Obama is taking the United States away from her founding ethos. Obama is systematically dismantling the elements of our nation that keep America safe and prosperous. Mitt Romney will not drown the US in debt in transforming us into a dependency state, will never disassemble America's national defense, will not try to take our guns, and will not raise taxes in the teeth of our persistent recession. As for the Vice Presidential gab fest, I think Biden may look stale, lacking Ryan's vitality, but once again, even if Ryan was the one spouting nonsense, the voters would still have the duty come November of saving the country from Obamaism.