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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
It must be a partisan thing..
Honestly I didn't notice Romney smirking any more than Obama did (when he wasn't staring down  ). They were both equally doing it while the other was speaking. |
I don't know that's it's a partisan thing necessarily. I thought Romney often had a smug smirk, I thought Obama often had an annoyed smirk. At this point in election seasons, I tend to watch things like debates as sport, so even if I'm pulling for "my team," I can also be pretty hard on my team.
It wasn't that Romney was smirking more, it was that AGDee was one of the first people who I heard mention him smirking it all, so my response was more along the lines of "okay, maybe it wasn't just in my imagination."
I frankly think one of the most challenging things about debates like these is looking composed and having facial expressions that respond appropriately when the other guy is talking. Romney did better than Obama, but I still thought Romney could have been better at it.