By snoadmin
The 2012 presidential debates have come to a close, locking presidential candidates President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a dead heat for the White House.
While they will not be seeing each other face-to-face until the election is over, this does not mean the candidates have time to drop their dukes and take their gloves off. The final two weeks of this election are going to be of the utmost importance for both sides. Take it from baseball’s San Francisco Giants: it is not always how you start but how you finish.
The three rounds of debates were interesting and entertaining to say the least. Prior to the debates, Romney needed to get more of his ideas and policies out to the inquisitive public. After walloping Obama in the first debate, it’s safe to say most people know where Romney stands on issues like the growing debt, health care, the military and other issues – depending on who you are talking to, of course.
However, the execution of a few of Romney’s plans have still left some pondering, especially the computer illiterate who cannot visit the Romney campaign website.
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In the town-hall debate, Obama seemed to wake up from the nap he was taking in the first debate. In the less formal debate, the candidates fielded questions from the crowd of inquisitive American citizens. Jeremy Epstein, the exercise-science major from Adelphi University, asked the candidates if they could reassure him that he and others students could find jobs after graduation – something most of us could relate to worrying about.
Both candidates offered their thoughts on creating more jobs for college graduates. Romney even offered Epstein a job if he is elected, but nothing they said seemed too reassuring. While unemployment has gone down, there is still some way to go, especially for us young people entering the work force. There are a lot of experienced job-less people out there we have to compete against. We need the unemployment rate to continue dropping.
Finally, the third debate focused on foreign policy and how the candidates viewed our nation’s status in the world. Obama’s experience seemed to subdue Romney’s plans for change to military spending and his views on the threat of nuclear arms in Iran. It lead to Romney relying on his domestic policy.
Now, with the debates behind them, it is time to head to the battleground states for some good old political warfare. With CNN’s polls giving Romney a 48 to 47 percent lead over Obama Tuesday night, the states of Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin will be seeing a barrage of political advertisements and visits by the candidates and their endorsers .
It is crunch time everyone. It is time for both Obama and Romney to step up their game and deliver their final messages to the people. The winner of these states is going to be the leader of the free world for the next four years. A lot is at stake.
