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=October 11, 2012 - Vice President Debate= After watching this specific debate, I went onto CNN and Fox News. Fox News is more conservative and CNN is more liberal. I first went to Fox News to find information. A comment was made by Fox News that Biden was not taught manners as a child during this debate. They believed the Biden was rude during the debate and did nothing to help Obama's position. Paul Ryan was more serious and wanted to have a conversation. Another reporter from Fox News disagreed with the previous reporter's opinion. He thought that Biden did a better job than Ryan. He thought that Biden was passionate. It is obvious to see that everyone has their own opinions on debates.

I then went to CNN to find another point of view from a different news program. There were "five things" that were learned from the debate. It was said that Biden brought it. CNN said that by Biden being in a Senate for 36 years really helped him. They said that Ryan did not bring his statistics like he usually does, that Biden did. Biden made the comment that Obama wanted to end the War in Iraq, but Romney thinks is would be a big mistake to do so. The Republicans believed that being aggressive like Biden was, was not acceptable. CNN stated that Biden showed his boss how to fight back and gave him an advantage. One thing that surprised me is that the Vice President debates do not really help with voters for the president. Ryan did in the debate, show that he new a lot about forgein policy. According to a Republican for CNN, Ryan did a good job with the debate and was reasonable. 6 out of 10 debate viewers said that Ryan would be ready for president.

=October 16, 2012 - Presidential Debate (Town Meeting)= After watching this debate, I went onto Fox news to look at information from a conservative's point of view. Of course, being a conservative news program, they are going to highlight Romney more than Obama. According to Fox, Obama stated that he had an "off night." He was aggressive on stage, while Romney was more calm and steady. Both of the candidates were not prepared as they should have been and both continuously cut of the moderator. It was said by Fox News that Obama continuously talked about Romney's wealth. The subject of Libya made both of the candidates feel tension. It was said that both Obama and Romney were "squeezing" money out of the middle class. According to today, the President is doing this. I feel as though this debate was not how a president and a future president should act. But I feel as though Romney's idea on having tax cuts across everyone and making sure the top 5% does not pay less is understandable. Romney is looking to follow what Bush did and does not want to increase taxes. Romney wants to create jobs so that everyone has a job and pay less for taxes. Romney stance, to me, is something I am definetly for. In round 2 of the debate, Romney was surpassing Obama.

I then went on to look at CNN, which is liberal news. CNN stated that the polls were very close after the debate, being that Obama is just a little over Romney. Romney and Obama both are said to be good at town meeting style debates. Romney has what they call "Ask Mitt Anything" Town Halls. CNN noted that Obama did a good job with the town meeting debate in 2008 agaist McCain, but that one good debate he had will not help with the damage he has already done. 46% of voters said that Obama won the debate and 39% said that Romney had the better debate. The votes that were conducted were only of those who viewed the debate, not America as a whole. About three quarters in the debate, viewers thought that Obama did a better job than was expected and one in ten people thought Mitt did the better job. Romney was said to have a better position on taxes and the economy. 45-35% of viewers thought that Obama was more concentrated on attacking Romney than actually debating. I feel as though this is true. I felt as though the President wanted to put Romney down more than actually answering the questions himself. =Opinion= I am personally not one who talks about politics all of the time, but I am familiar what is going on with our country and what needs to be changed. I feel as though this assignment helped me look into what people think about the debates and how they really help the votes. I like to look at other's view points and see what they have to say about the other party. < Ratings