I don\u2019t want to go back and repeat the first hour,<\/a> but honestly, the uniformity that I heard, and even from people on Fox, I did not see the same debate. And, by the way, I look at this stuff objectively. I don\u2019t want to lie to myself. If Romney really got smoked I don\u2019t want to sit here and tell myself it didn\u2019t happen. I don\u2019t do that. I don\u2019t live in false realities. I did not see a stellar Barack Obama. I\u2019m not even talking about the lies. I\u2019m just talking about he was not even fluent. He was staccato and he was choppy, he was searching constantly for a thought. He was working. I mean, the guy was grinding. We athletes, we have a term, grinding. That\u2019s when you\u2019re really having to work for it, it\u2019s not coming naturally. When you\u2019re out playing golf, and don\u2019t have it, you\u2019re grinding, trying to get it back. That\u2019s what he was doing last night. The poor old guy was grinding, folks. These people, they saw what they wanted to see. Let\u2019s keep going here, because Wolf Blitzer, they had a flash poll after the debate.<\/p>\nBLITZER: Here are the results. Forty-six percent say President Obama won the debate. Thirty-nine percent say Governor Romney won the debate. This poll shows it was basically a draw as far as those who actually watched the debate were concerned.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, what about those who weren\u2019t, Wolf? What\u2019s the point? It was a draw as far as those who actually watched the debate. Do you have a poll of people who didn\u2019t watch the debate and who they think won? No, I\u2019m not nitpicking. Why specify that? So 46-39, that\u2019s a seven-point separation, a tie \u2019cause they\u2019re putting the margin of error in there. Now, a little bit later on CNN, Wolf came back with the details, and it ain\u2019t good for the Bamster.<\/p>\n
BLITZER: When we dig deeper into the numbers, we\u2019re seeing Romney did score points with viewers tonight. Look at this. Fifty-eight percent, 58% of debate watchers say Romney would better handle the economy. Forty percent say President Obama would. That\u2019s issue number one. Forty-nine percent say Romney would better handle health care, compared to 46% for President Obama. We also asked who would better handle the issue of taxes. Fifty-one percent say Romney; 44% say President Obama. Fifty-nine percent say Romney would do a better job on the deficit. Thirty-six percent say President Obama would do a better job on the deficit.<\/p>\n
RUSH: That doesn\u2019t even sound close, does it? I mean, that\u2019s pretty devastating. So my question is, how do you get in the overall poll, 46 say Obama won the debate, 39 say Romney, and then you get those numbers? Well, it\u2019s not even close. It\u2019s 58-40 on the economy; it is 49-46 on health care; it\u2019s 51-44 taxes; and 59-36 on the deficit, all in favor of Romney, CNN poll. Wolf depressed. Then they bring in John King, who used to have his own show at CNN. Did they get rid of John King for Client No. 9? Was John King moved out for Eliot Spitzer or did Spitzer get moved out and King put in? King is back to reporting now, and he says that if the numbers that Wolf just recited are true, then it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n
KING: If American voters out there, not just people who watched the debate who participated in our poll, if other Americans think that Governor Romney won on the question of who would best handle the economy, who would best handle health care, and who would best handle taxes, if they don\u2019t change their mind between now and Election Day, Governor Romney will win the election.<\/p>\n
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