Winning Undecided Voters

In the Washington Monthly blog titled “George W. Bush Haunts Mitt Romney”, Ezra Klein’s audience is clearly intended for right wing and conservative individuals.  In the blog, Klein points out that presidential nominee Mitt Romney is still coping with the aftermath of former President George W. Bush’s presidency.  Klein also is quick to point out that Romney’s biggest issue is not President Barack Obama, but the issue of trying to win voters who have skepticism about having another Republican president in office such as former George W. Bush.  Klein points out in his blog that after Tuesday’s Presidential debate Mitt Romney was given a chance to finally win the votes of some of the skeptical voters that have been undecided about voting for another republican president, but Klein is quick to point out that Mitt Romney has failed to do so.  Ezra Klein does provide some statistical analysis on both President Obama and Mitt Romney, and gives credible facts.  For example, Ezra Klein points out that Romney offered nothing that former President Bush wouldn’t have proposed in 2000.  Klein also points out that current United States economy now has deficits rather than a balanced budget.  I personally believe and agree with Ezra Klein’s blog.  For example, I believe that many things happened on former President George W. Bush’s watch, such as the fail of major corporations and the economic downfall spiral of the economy, not to mention the millions of tax dollars spent on the war in the Middle East.  Finally, I believe that in order to swing those undecided voters, Mitt Romney will indeed have to do his best to convince those who are skeptical on having a repeat presidency such as the one led by former George W. Bush.

President Obama: Hide or Seek?

In the editorial found in the Washington Post, Editor Dana Milbank discusses a strong opinion in an article that reads “Obama pays the price for ducking the questions”.  In this editorial, the author’s audience is obviously for the Republicans and towards the side of potential voters for presidential nominee Mitt Romney.  Dana Milbank points out in his article that President Obama has evaded questions from the media and the public.  Milbank also points out that President Obama has not held nearly as many news conferences as past Presidents in the United States. Milbank backs his opinion with statistics from a Towson University political scientist Martha Kumar, who has kept tallies of all media appearances made by Obama and past U.S presidents. Milbank also recognizes that President Obama does not opt to complete new conferences, but instead he makes appearances on soft-focus interviews such as late-night comedy shows. Milbank shares his opinions on how poorly President Obama did on the recent debate and points out how this is not the first time that Democrats have done poorly on past debates. As my personal opinion to this article, I would have to partially agree with Editor Milbank, but only on the idea that President Obama could have done better on his debate with Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. I believe that President Obama did not show his usual strong articulate and precise way of answering questions and lacked in the strength of his responses to questions posed by Mitt Romney. There is a side that I do not agree with on Editor Milbank’s article.  I believe that a President does not have to hold multiple news conferences in order to be judged as a great leader and President.  What matters the most to me is a President who can handle whatever situation he is faced with, and not how many news conferences he holds or how many questions he answers, after all he is the Commander and Chief of the United States.