By: Justin Little
The presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 3, stirred a lot of conversation with students at Milligan College.
“If it was a boxing match I feel Romney won 13 of the 15 rounds,” said Luis Trevino, president of Milligan College Republicans. “Obama looked very unmotivated as if he didn’t want to be there.”
Trevino also talked about how he saw President Obama look down a lot of the time as Mitt Romney was speaking. He also felt that Governor Romney looked strong and confident.
The strongest part of the debate Trevino felt was when Romney pointed out all that President Obama had not done for the economy.
“President Obama had nowhere to hide when they started talking about the economy,” Trevino said.
Torian Sitton, a senior from North Carolina, felt that the debate was mostly a tie.
“Romney had some good points, but Obama stuck it to him talking about the middle class,” said Sitton.
Sitton feels that Romney is rich and wants to keep the rich richer. He also said, “where is given, much is expected,” and with President Obama’s plan we would be able to have that. He was able to give a metaphor saying, “it’s like switching quarterback and we have not secured the lead.”
Sitton also thinks that President Obama is more of a people person than Romney.
“If Obama came to Milligan I feel like I would be more able to shoot some hoops with him I don’t think I could do that with Romney,” said Sitton.
“Romney seemed to control the debate even though some of his points didn’t have great detail,” Matt Waeckerle, a junior from Indiana said. “Obama looked down the whole time as Romney spoke, which to me seemed very disrespectful.”
Waeckerle’s main concern in this election is what the candidates are going to do about the deficit and taxes.
“I feel that Romney won this debate,” Waeckerle said. “Romney stuck up for himself by clearing up some things that Obama had tried to say otherwise.”
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