The Presidential debates thus far

So far we have seen that both candidates are not strong enough to surpass the other defiantly in the polls which makes this election interesting and annoying. I think we should start to understand by now who is going to win but each debate puts doubt in my mind.

After the first I assumed that Romney would win the election because it highlighted the fact that Barack Obama much like Ronald Reagan relies a little too heavily on teleprompters. These debates matter in close elections but traditionally don't matter in most elections. However Romney did exactly what he was supposed to do. He appealed to Americans as human and even cracked a few jokes and bashed Obama. Great go team Romney. 

After the Vice Presidential debate I felt both sides lost grounds. I feel Ryan despite his suave, swagger, and mien lost points. The moderator asked for specifics on his budget reduction plan and he failed to provide good responses. Biden made excellent points but came off as a condescending old man. He was a jerk short and simple. This has been aggressive race so far but you shouldn't take that into the debates because it's not good for either candidate. Fighting between candidates is only good for each parties base. At this point in the election the base doesn't even matter because they are already set. For those undecided voters they will continue to see this kind of bickering because the election is close and it seems to be a war of misinformation.

After the second presidential debate I felt neither side came out on top but we did see how polarized both sides of the government are. The left is talking about a government overhaul and destroying top down economics where the right is talking about relaxing controls and getting rid of tax breaks. The whole thing was a mess as expected to be with the format. I even feel simply letting the candidates get up and move around was too much as I thought they were going to fight when they had their shouting matches inches form each other. Right now Romney still has the edge because of that first debate and unless either side uses fact checkers than this race will be decided by which candidate is more believable.