Post-debate Romney bounce

The polls have been kind of depressing. Despite Romney's non-specifics, because he spoke more smoothly, it looked like he might win the election.

Luckily that "bounce" was temporary, maybe because it was an "immediate emotional" preference. But as people calmed down, they realized, "Waaait a minute - I still don't know what Romney is going to do, so I'm not going to vote for him."

I think Romney "won" the debate because he had "lower expectations" going in. All he had to do to "win" was not be a "47% eating, unsympathetic monster." He seemed not as bad as before. And Obama seemed "not as inspiring" as before, so Obama lost, and Romney "seemed" to win.

I suspect that Obama may have deliberately not performed as well as he could have. Now it will seem like he will have a "come from behind" victory - which will rally his supporters to actually go vote, or else Romney might win!

If Obama was polling ahead before the debates, and then won all three debates, people might not go to the booths to vote for him, since Obama "should win the election without my vote."

I doubt Romney will (ever) offer the specifics needed to earn my vote (see my next post) so I'll be voting for Obama by default.