Schieffer asks about “America’s role in the world”, prompting Mitt Romney to launch into his five point jobs creation plan. We expect candidates to pivot to their strengths but this has been a bit transparent from Romney so far. Then he wants to talk education. Then both candidates are riffing about small businesses.
The Guardian’s Richard Adams’ snap verdict so far:
Romney’s tack so far in this debate seems to be to say that he would do pretty much exactly what the Obama White House has done, except somehow he’d done it better.Romney has now shifted on to the economy somehow. “In nowhere in the world is America’s influence greater than it was four years ago,” says Romney. Oh really? How does one measure such things?
(Source: gifwich)
Romney: Our kids were number one in the state.
Obama: That happened ten years before you came into office.
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