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[Islandman]

Would not disagree that someone with a world view would see it that way but
the reality is that the typical American voter is just not interested in all that, so those topics were never going to come up in a US presidential debate. No votes to be gained or lost by discussing all that.

Absolutely, not much will change on the world stage whoever wins. But was that ever in doubt?

[Willi]

LoL

Mi did think its was a debate by Israeli presidential candidates!

The tail a wag di dawg now.

[Skeng DX]

Leighton Levy I feel Obama will lose primarily because of the powerful elite lobby and the fact that many Americans dont buy the idea that they will never be as rich as the so-called one percent. They see Obama as trying to impose socialist ideals in a capitalist nation. That and he is the wrong colour.

Leighton Levy

[Willi]

Who dat?

[Willi]

Comment from NY Times reader:

<LI class=commenter>Richard Luettgen<LI class=commenterLocation>New JerseyNYT

Which debate were you watching? Romney didn't "falter" on foreign policy ... he basically ignored it as irrelevant to his REAL audience, the undecideds and leaners.

You don't want to get ME started on our disastrous and somnolent foreign policy of the past four years, and I'm a solid Republican -- imagine what the CONSERVATIVES say on the subject. Yet, there's Gov. Romney, all sweetness and light, all presidential and UN-reactionary, patting Mr. Obama on the back again and again. And, not incidentally, reassuring the undecideds and leaners that he IS presidential and NOT reactionary. And bringing the conversation back, again and again, to the economy, where the polls show him solidly in command of Mr. Obama.

Quite a performance, because the right could lambaste this president for a lot more than 90 minutes on foreign affairs. But Romney's performance is not something I'd be sufficiently disciplined and single-mindedly focused to attempt. Probably why Willard Mitt Romney will be the next President of the United States, and my role is limited to supporting him.

But the sound bites for the next week will be of Mr. Obama: not a dumb man by any distance, I'd wager he knew he was being played and what Romney was doing within five minutes; and found he could do nothing about it. The steam was coming off Barack Obama.

But can you BELIEVE that Romney? If there ARE such things as undecideds and leaners, then he'll probably pick up three more points by Thursday.

[Skeng DX]

journalist from ja's version of fox network---> http://www.nationwideradiojm.com/listenlive.html

[Mosiah]

I thought sports was his specialty?!?!?