In the end, few people change their vote based on...
a debate performance unless someone says something really stupid. The minuscule number of undecided voters swayed one direction or another will look up the facts and see for themselves who represents the America they want.
Any person or family with a preexisting condition who has struggled to get health insurance in the private market knows that it is a pipe dream to think that every state in the union would adopt anything resembling Massachusetts Care. And they have already figured out that buying insurance across state lines changes nothing for them.
Romney did what he was expected to do in this debate, attack the incumbent's record vigorously, just like Kerry successfully did in 2004. Kudos to him for looking prepared in front of the cameras, but in the end it changes nothing. He will still lose on election day.
I wonder what Romney has to say when he has to explain how it is that Massachusetts can boast being the top in public education AND number 1 in number of unionized teachers.
