Jody Seaborn of The Austin American Statesman, had a few thoughts from the Presidential Debate the other night on CNN. I tend to agree with most of his statements about the debate. Romney definitely had the edge during the debate. He seemed more confident, and clear of mind and presence. Even Bill Maher, a highly left wing tv show host said, via his twitter, “i can't believe i'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.” And also, “Obama made a lot of great points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney.”

     Seaborn did mention that Ronald Reagan did very poorly in his first debate against Walter Mondale in 1980, and that George W did poorly in his first debate against John Kerry in 2004, and that neither Kerry nor Mondale claimed the presidency. But, nonetheless, it is to be noted that President Obama did seem quite sloppy in his presentation against the governor of Massachusetts.

     In other news, pertaining to the debate, Mitt Romney’s mention of the “firing of Big Bird” made major headlines. Romney, speaking to moderator Jim Lehrer, said, “I’m sorry Jim, I’m gonna stop the subsidy to PBS…..I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I’m not gonna keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it.” So, Big Bird had some un-anticipated air-time the next day. I do think this was a good strategy from Romney,  giving analogy to the very well-known character from the kid’s show “Sesame Street” when talking about his cutting of PBS from the budget. Well done, Mitt.