First Presidential Debate of 2012

It was a flop for Obama. 

Having said that, all presidential debates are flops; for one candidate or the other. I do not believe stage debate is a good forum to present one's case. While I watch them I do not give much credence to them.

These debates have to discuss serious issues at national and international levels. You cannot present solutions to such complex issues like economy,  job creation, growth etc.  to general public within allotted two minutes' time and expect common people to deduce whose solutions are better for them and the country! It is a fallacy that by debating the issues back and forth accurate picture of candidates' ability to resolve them will emerge; at least for common people. 

My thought is that each candidate, individually and severally, should present and lay out the issues first. Identify how each issue is connected with another issue, if it does. If necessary, use a black board, just like in a class room; use numbers; use math to explain. Once the issues are identified, lay out the solutions next to them.  Next, connect the dots; how one solution is connected with another solution or another problem. Present why your solution if adopted will solve it  and what are the consequences if not adopted.

Afterall, all issues and solutions are somehow interconnected.

Avoid criticizing the opponent for his solutions. Concentrate only on your position.

 More than debates what we need is to root out the bad elements that have crept into our government over the years; corruption, bribery, lobbying, lying, cheating, blatant disregard for the laws, superpacs, creating laws to serve one's own purposes, interpret the laws unjustly and unfairly.

If we do that, which I doubt will ever happen, we will never need debates.

I for one know neither candidate will create jobs, convert deficit into surplus and get economy rolling right away. It will require time; months perhaps years. Romney will require time along with shift in strategy which will undo what has so far been done by Obama.  I would rather give Obama time only.

Obama has my vote!