Great statement on the debate by a musician friend of mine.
Obama looked like a man with a full time job and a part time hobby called the campaign. Romney acted like a man who’s hobby had just become his full time job and he was delighted.
Romney flip flopped on every campaign promise but one: getting the wealthy to pay their fair share. He’s agin’ it. If I were a serious conservative I’d wake up thinking what a great candidate for getting rid of the guy we don’t like, but I’d have this nagging feeling that I might be getting into the fire from the frying pan and that would make me gleefully nervous.
Romney has no experience as a successful governor. He is a businessman, not a leader. Governance is for him, an act. He has stood in front of the customers of companies he was turning around and pretending to reassure them when actually he was carving them up to satisfy his real customers, the investment bankers and hedge fund types. He stood in front of employees he promised to lead to a more secure future when in fact he was assessing who would be laid off first, next and after next. The employees and company customers were products he would sell after selling himself as something he is not: a leader, a creator, a man of his word.
One thing differentiates the hobbyist from the professional in most cases: when directly confronted on their credentials for the professionalism of their act, a hobbyist becomes irate. A true professional looks back in puzzlement, shakes their head, and tunes their axe, checks their set list and goes about doing the job. They may decide to brush up on some skills and improve their act.
It may be the replay of last year’s LSU vs Alabama first encounter. One team won but barely and the other wasn’t ready to play hard. Later that year, situations were different.
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They're watching that debate just to see Joe Biden stomp Lyin' into Randian Rubble! And these are apolitical folks! 
