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If you were voting for Obama did the debate change your mind?

If you were voting for Obama did the debate change your mind?

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disneydude said:
LOL Navy....you'd better hope that YOUR poll is not an indication of the overall electorate. You still only have 2 accounted for votes and one of those two has already been discredited....too use your words...I suspect that you and your weak candidate are in deep Kimchi.
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This website isn't a real reflection of the electorate though. People on a politics site like this are much less likely to change their minds than the fickle low information voters.
 
Navy Pride was going to vote for Obama. :lol:
 
Navy Pride said:
Sorry my poll was not meant for a hard core lefty like you....Hell if Obama was Hitler you and Disney Dude would still vote for him. It was meant for people on the fence.
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:lamo :lamo
Yes since im such a Obamanut.... Good god pull your head out of the sand
 
I wasn't going to vote for either of them, though I did go into the debate WANTING Gov Romney to swing me to his side. Didn't happen. For a few reasons.
1) He agreed with President Obama way too much. President Obama hasn't done anything of note in his term so to agree with him on anything is an indicator of keeping with the status quo. You can say OBL all you want. A SEAL pulled the friggin trigger, not him.
2) I don't know if anyone caught this, but, Gov Romney said he would stand up an agency that rates public schools. From what I could tell, it was one of those off the cuff statements to counter a point by Pres Obama. Even if it wasn't, he's wrong because of a few reasons. A) If it was a planned response, it betrays his big gov't nature. B) If it was off the cuff, it betrays his big gov't nature. C) There is already a few private sector websites (greatschools.org comes to mind) that do this. This is just an indicator of the way Gov Romney would preside IMO.
3) I felt he should have represented the anger of the American people a little better. A lot of people are angry with this President. They want someone to tell him that everything is not okay, that it's not getting better fast enough, and that we are tired are tired of the irresponsible spending of our tax dollars. Gov Romney started to do this but seemed to hold back. Screw that. Don't hold back. Go after the guy.
 
I still don't know who I am voting for. I wonder if I should vote for Obama, and HOPE that he actually has a plan that will work and let him continue, or if I should take a chance on Romney who will try something a little different most likely. Then I go back to thinking what does Obama have to lose, he doesn't get to be elected again, but Romney would have to perform well to get re-elected. GOD, I'm so confused and indecisive!!! :confused:
 
ChrisL said:
I still don't know who I am voting for. I wonder if I should vote for Obama, and HOPE that he actually has a plan that will work and let him continue, or if I should take a chance on Romney who will try something a little different most likely. Then I go back to thinking what does Obama have to lose, he doesn't get to be elected again, but Romney would have to perform well to get re-elected. GOD, I'm so confused and indecisive!!! :confused:
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Will you stop it, please. Now, you are getting me confused.:confused:
 
Navy Pride said:
What do you think? if you were voting for Obama prior to the debate did you change your mind and will now vote for Romney?
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To me that is kinda a silly question, IMO the debates are not about winning over the other side … they are about swaying the vote of the independents.


Those on the hard left .. Nothing will change their mind … Just as nothing will change the minds of those on the hard right.


Those that decide the elections in this country are the moderates, and speaking fairly, in the first debate Romney swung more to his side then Obama did. All polls are showing Romney got quite a boost since the debate.


2 more to go .. Lets see if he can keep that momentum going.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Yeah... Tell me all about states rights after he tries with congressionall republicans to push through federal amendments on gay marriage and abortion.
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Don't drink the KoolAid. Gay marriage and abortion are both states rights issues now, I don't expect that to change. Neither is really a hot button issue for me since I'm not gay and my wife had her tubes tied after our son way born. Regardless these issues are scare tactics used by he left and nothing more.

BTW I was looking in to laws on common law marriage in Alabama a few weeks ago (now THAT is so strange marriage law). You can kind of "accidentally" get married there but you have to get a "real" divorce. But there is a federal provision that compels other states to recognize a common law marriage as ligitimate even if those states have no such laws. I wonder if/when that provision will be applied to gay marriage?

See, not all conservatives (even us Christian ones) are hell bent on ending gay marriage or abortion. Fornmany of us it's something we would rather people didn't do but we're not willing to legislate it. Once again the left assumes we want to push our values on everybody since they do.
 
tech30528 said:
Don't drink the KoolAid. Gay marriage and abortion are both states rights issues now, I don't expect that to change. Neither is really a hot button issue for me since I'm not gay and my wife had her tubes tied after our son way born. Regardless these issues are scare tactics used by he left and nothing more.

BTW I was looking in to laws on common law marriage in Alabama a few weeks ago (now THAT is so strange marriage law). You can kind of "accidentally" get married there but you have to get a "real" divorce. But there is a federal provision that compels other states to recognize a common law marriage as ligitimate even if those states have no such laws. I wonder if/when that provision will be applied to gay marriage?

See, not all conservatives (even us Christian ones) are hell bent on ending gay marriage or abortion. Fornmany of us it's something we would rather people didn't do but we're not willing to legislate it. Once again the left assumes we want to push our values on everybody since they do.
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Mitt Romney has stated at one point or another that he would support a federal amendment to ban gay marriage

He also says he would appoint justices and give full support to an overturn of Roe V Wade.



As usual he dances around these subjects and I believe what he said as governor, that he supports a womens right to choose...

But as President I'm worried about him having to work with congressional republicans on these social issues because he has to pay back the religious right for their support.

It's like any other support base.

"Mr. President, it's been 4 years and you want to be re-elected, what have you done for us?"

That's the reality.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Mitt Romney has stated at one point or another that he would support a federal amendment to ban gay marriage

He also says he would appoint justices and give full support to an overturn of Roe V Wade.



As usual he dances around these subjects and I believe what he said as governor, that he supports a womens right to choose...

But as President I'm worried about him having to work with congressional republicans on these social issues because he has to pay back the religious right for their support.

It's like any other support base.

"Mr. President, it's been 4 years and you want to be re-elected, what have you done for us?"

That's the reality.
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Yes, he'll say these things to pander to the right, but such a bill would have to clear both houses before he could sign it. "I would support" and "I will push for" are too different things. And even as a conservative I would not support a ban on either abortion or gay marriage. Pretty sure I'm not alone here. And when the subject of a gay marriage ban came up in a referendum vote in California of all places it was passed by the people and then overturned on the federal level as being unconstitutional.
 
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The Barbarian said:
To me that is kinda a silly question, IMO the debates are not about winning over the other side … they are about swaying the vote of the independents.


Those on the hard left .. Nothing will change their mind … Just as nothing will change the minds of those on the hard right.


Those that decide the elections in this country are the moderates, and speaking fairly, in the first debate Romney swung more to his side then Obama did. All polls are showing Romney got quite a boost since the debate.


2 more to go .. Lets see if he can keep that momentum going.
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Trouble with romney is that once he gets some momentum going he trips:)
 
Hey Navy...it only took you a week to get a second legitimate vote. Congratulations.
 
Navy Pride said:
What do you think? if you were voting for Obama prior to the debate did you change your mind and will now vote for Romney?
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No, because I've come to the conclusion that I won't be voting "for" Obama in November, I will be voting "against" the divisive, obstructive, uncompromising, hypocritical, uncompassionate, and overly ideological platform/tactics Republicans have employed these past two years, and which I fear will spread to Democrats if the strategy is proven effective this cycle.

Obama would have to make a more serious showing of incompetence for a debate to change my mind at this point.

That said, if Romney had run in the primaries on the moderate platform he now appears to be piecing together, I might have voted for him in November. I refuse to vote for somebody who misleads primary voters to get the nomination, however. I find that absolutely repulsive.
 
Krhazy said:
I refuse to vote for somebody who misleads primary voters to get the nomination, however. I find that absolutely repulsive.
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Is there an example of a party nominee for President who has not moderated his positions after gaining the nomination?
Did you watch the 2008 Democratic primary race?
 
H. Lee White said:
Is there an example of a party nominee for President who has not moderated his positions after gaining the nomination?
Did you watch the 2008 Democratic primary race?
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Oh, I agree, there's often a little bit of adjustment, but very few politicians have gone so far as to do complete 180s on what they ran on (or intentionally allowed the public to think they supported) in the primaries. Romney is widely acknowledged, even by conservatives, as one of the worst flip-floppers in recent memory, and I think there is a reason for that.
 
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