3Qs: Who won the first debate?
Alan Schroeder, a pro颅fessor in the School of Jour颅nalism in the Col颅lege of Arts, Media and Design and one of the nation's , offers an analysis of the first of three match-鈥嬧�媢ps between Pres颅i颅dent Barack Obama and chal颅lenger Mitt Romney.
Who do you think won this debate? Why?
Mitt Romney won because the pres颅i颅dent did not come to the debate pre颅pared to fight. Barack Obama missed oppor颅tu颅nity after oppor颅tu颅nity, while Romney was more focused and forceful in his delivery.
How might this debate shift the nation's political dialogue going forward during the presidential campaign?
Polit颅ical jour颅nal颅ists now have a come颅back story on their hands, which is some颅thing they love. The spot颅light will shift from Romney and his cam颅paign woes to Obama and his need for improve颅ment. Already the cov颅erage is depicting Romney as the golden boy of pres颅i颅den颅tial debates.
What questions remain for the coming debates? What more must each candidate do to make his case to the American public?
The next debate, in the town hall format, involves both inter颅na颅tional and domestic issues, which will expand the con颅ver颅sa颅tion to topics that did not get dis颅cussed in Wednesday's opener. Obama will need to draw a much sharper con颅trast with his oppo颅nent. Romney will need to use the town hall set颅ting to show that he cares about average voters鈥攕ome颅thing he has had dif颅fi颅culty with in the past.
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