U.S Presidential debate : How Obama allows Mitt Romney to become "presidentialisable"

Mitt Romney was not wrong. Behind in the polls, Republican presidential candidate tried to push a candidate President Obama into a corner. If the debate was held good, he'll have a new President takes shape. François Durpaire decryption, a historian of the United States, author of "Obama the crisis" and "The United States for Dummies".

U.S. PRESIDENTIAL. Barack Obama loves speeches. The debate is a different year, he was no longer alone as during his tenure. Much has been made of the ability of the president to be placed in a debate. It was 1400 days he had not debate when Mitt Romney had already made 20 primary election Republicans. So much so that one could ask if he was ready or not to prime time. The answer was rather not. The debate, however, was a very good performance, while during the campaign, there was a lot of hard and personal attacks between the two candidates.

For four years, Barack Obama has been accustomed to be president of the United States, to speak, to be listened to, if that journalists ask him questions. It was therefore a strategic issue Wednesday night: it was necessarily required to spin these doctors if he should put in the position of President or whether it should enter the arena as a candidate.

President more than candidate

 He chose the position of President. He looked at the camera, could not find it and sometimes made mistakes. Mitt Romney had his eyes on Obama and interpellait, he even tried to get into the arena interrupted while it is not supposed to be the norm in the United States. This could serve as the president-candidate strategy was the John F. Kennedy in 1960 who had placed himself above the fray by not talking to Richard Nixon, his opponent, while Nixon constantly address him.

History does not repeat, Obama is a president in times of crisis. And many Americans could identify with Mitt Romney, who was in the role of a U.S. citizen criticizing the President's record. This review is from him favorable.

It has not adopted the same position as its president candidate foreign counterparts. He placed great emphasis on the fact that he wanted to establish policies, he did vote, but he had to cope with the crisis. He must now go beyond project and the Americans in a second term that would not simply an extension.

The president was strangely little aggressive in tone and content. He did not use the gaffes Romney, in particular 47% of this argument of "assisted" who voted for him made by the Republican candidate. He did not refer to Bill Clinton - or one - then it is nevertheless one that did take off again after a speech welcomed at the Democratic convention on 5 September and that brings Barack Obama the vote of white workers. Bill Clinton, let us not forget, is the most popular living ex-presidents.

Adopt a new posture

The Democratic presidential candidate must make adjustments before the next debate by finding a different posture. It must be more candidates will seek the presidency rather than the president who tries to keep his job. He said he was ahead in the polls and struggled to place. As a football team that would be two points ahead and not how to start a game: should we tackle the leg or wait? Barack Obama waited and got beat.

Mitt Romney has also cleverly got rid of the negativity of the critical balance. This is what Reagan had done that launched Americans that they felt their lives had improved, they could vote again for President Carter. Romney made the same argument in launching "Obama revote if you think that your life is better." Unfortunately for him, according to Bloomberg poll, 43% of Americans believe that their life is better than it was in 2009 when Barack Obama entered the White House. The Republican candidate has tried to show that America would be better off with him than Barack Obama. He relied on the Republican orthodoxy that would get rid of the burden and weight of the federal government.

Surveys tell if this event play a role in voting intentions. Republican Convention and was quite successful, but it did not increase the polls in their favor. The American press loves comeback so she sells the return of the Republican outsider, it suits everyone that has done well out. 67% of Americans found that it was better, but neither distinguished himself in one way or the other on the bottom.

Romney becomes "présidentialisable" in 90 minutes

Historically, candidates have used their balance of course, but they are still projected. This election is very special because Obama was elected in part due to the crisis and the solutions he proposed to the Americans about it. This crisis has not gone away and the context is incomparable with previous presidents, we should return to the 30s and Franklin Roosevelt.

The presidential candidate seemed convincing enough so far in the campaign since he was able to articulate his position as President and his role as candidate President served the possible re-election of the candidate. When he made a speech to the workers of Ohio being severe enough vis-à-vis China and later in the day he asked the Commerce Department to initiate proceedings at the WTO competition Unfair China's automobile. He managed to join the speech acts. It worked well at a distance, as he was not directly confronted with Mitt Romney.

It should now be able to be in melee. So far he had managed to show that he was the only one who shoulders the stature to be president. However, during the debate on the same image, we see an outsider who gave a good performance and seems to have the makings, President Obama is not alone: ​​Mitt Romney became "présidentialisable" in 90 minutes. That does not mean he will be elected. At the end of the debate, this is felt: Barack Obama was dark, and Mitt Romney smiled a very natural way.