That was my original question, but it looks like he already is
"I just want to make sure I got this straight. He'll get rid of regulations on Wall Street, but he's going to crack down on Sesame Street" - Obama
That is, in terms of throwing big punches. But if you take even a cursory look at the Meg Whitman vs Jerry Brown debates, which those of us in CA remember as quite the @ss-whooping, then you see the same crap being argued about today--
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
The debate became aggressive early on, with Brown hitting his Republican opponent for wanting to eliminate the capital gains tax, which he said would "compound our budget deficit and our tax unfairness." "That capital gains tax mostly benefits millionaires and billionaires and would add $5-10 billion to our budget deficit, and a lot of that money would have to come from public schools, and I just don't believe that's right," he said. Whitman called Brown "just wrong," calling capital gains a "tax on jobs, it's a tax on job creators, and it's a tax on investment." She added that tax cuts are a "big part" of her recovery plan. "Eighty-two percent of the benefit of this tax break will go to people making $500,000 a year, and there's not one guarantee they'll spend that money in California," responded Brown. "And Ms. Whitman, I'd like to ask you: How much money would you save if these tax breaks were in effect this year or last year?" With the crowd now visibly excited, Whitman then said, "I'm an investor, and investors will benefit from this, but so will job creators. And I was a job creator."
Sound familiar? The more things change....
Of course, anyone who's been fact-checking last night's debate sees PLENTY of ammo to use:
http://thinkprogress.org/...
http://thinkprogress.org/...
http://www.npr.org/...
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
http://gawker.com/...
Since 1976, every single incumbent president has lost the first debate, and no candidate has trailed in the polls by as much as Romney and come back to win the election.