Eco issues make an appearance
25 Oct 2012 4:40 AM IST
Economic and domestic issues appeared time and again during the third and final presidential debate on Tuesday between Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, which was meant to be exclusively focusing on the US foreign policy.
With the argument that a nation needs to be economically strong to be a successful world leader, the Republican presidential candidate was the first one to inject domestic and economic policies into the debate. ‘The debate takes a commercial break from foreign policy to deliver economic talking points,’ Philip J Crowley, former spokesman of the State Department, wrote on Twitter. There were several moments in the 90-minute debate when Obama and Romney were seen clashing over pure domestic issues. ‘America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home. You can’t have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can’t have an economy that over the last three years keeps ...,’ Romney said. ‘I will get America working again and see rising take- home pay again,’ Romney said, leaving millions of television viewers wonder if this was a debate on domestic issues.
The two leaders continued to clash on domestic and economic issues, even as the moderator, Bob Schieffer, tried to divert the debate towards foreign policy issues.
With the argument that a nation needs to be economically strong to be a successful world leader, the Republican presidential candidate was the first one to inject domestic and economic policies into the debate. ‘The debate takes a commercial break from foreign policy to deliver economic talking points,’ Philip J Crowley, former spokesman of the State Department, wrote on Twitter. There were several moments in the 90-minute debate when Obama and Romney were seen clashing over pure domestic issues. ‘America must be strong. America must lead. And for that to happen, we have to strengthen our economy here at home. You can’t have 23 million people struggling to get a job. You can’t have an economy that over the last three years keeps ...,’ Romney said. ‘I will get America working again and see rising take- home pay again,’ Romney said, leaving millions of television viewers wonder if this was a debate on domestic issues.
The two leaders continued to clash on domestic and economic issues, even as the moderator, Bob Schieffer, tried to divert the debate towards foreign policy issues.
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