it's thursday we're going to check in with dennis campbell for world view we
dennis campbell dennis is of course editor in chief of u_k_ progressive
magazine dennis what's been the talk about the debate in europe
well i think it was similar to what you've heard there without some of her
julio i i listened and of course you have to keep in mind here in the u_k_
the debate and it at four o'clock in the morning so people were good bleary-eyed
at that point present company including
and when you get to the end of a very long evening where you've been sort of
listening to
of different streams i've followed in the b_b_c_
aljazeera and c_n_n_ at some point actually had to try and c_n_n_ off
because of noise level
and by nora is finding just the tracker
between bill that areas of very partisan
supporters reserve because i had to start
kelli k from the b_b_c_ and i think you you you almost used to seeing her she's
the
u_s_ senator and bbc america interviewed ah... michael share from time magazine
and they had a very good discussion on the front steps of the auditorium last
night
and the basic conclusion was
yes romney did reasonably well with the debate itself the problem is is that he
was really lacking in the area of substance at the end of the day both of
them so that would not be enough to move
old i'll
because uh... even as some of the people in the guardian was saying
i'm reading off the screen here from some quotes from gary young's were
guardians correspondents there in the united states after several reboots and
rollout strongly finally finally found its voice
he wasn't likable but he was believable he's still in the game
uh... and then that doing the castro who's also up a very of big america
because right i said it was a spirited and aggressive performance of force
rock obama repeatedly on the defensive we will be changed the growing receptor
romney is a loser
even if only temporarily
and the people i've talked to a lot of people also throughout the mideast to
are petrified of the former romney presidency
uh... the payroll came to the same conclusion that
yes he had a good debate performance but the man has been rehearsing for this
debate since july
and if you can't go through what he went through five debate full debate fraps
ninety minute speech over the course of the last forty eight hours if you can't
come out
with a very strong performance as a result of that
and you need that much preparation time to something that's supposed to be
reasonably spontaneous
then he shouldn't be in the rest so wheaton the consensus seems to be that
onset the way i scored it seems to be similar to what's being discussed in
europe which is
on substance president all bomb a did well kind of the reading test if you
were to simply read a transcript of the debate what impression would you come
away with but on style mit romney appeared more more comfortable our
people also talking about this idea that president obama seemed
whether it's annoyed
hired
whatever the case may be a part of those uh... kind of qualitative discussions
going on
yeah i think it was it wasn't as he had a high level of irritation it almost
looked like and and
uh... you know my my theory is that i think he would there were many other
places you would rather spend
is twentieth wedding anniversary the there on stage with mitt romney
i'm sure that probably played into it factor that i know i haven't heard
anybody talk about
i've been in denver before and you know when you get to five thousand feet but i
had to give a speech there
at the end of that evening the counter to sit businesses this this year trade
and what do you on
has a a huge effect on unity really
species you to to to a degree that you can even begin to imagine pals and to
give a speech over data which is another three thousand feet above sea level so
between seventy five hundred eighty thousand feet
above sea level you find yourself by having to pace yourself in a much
different fashions and beautiful what i've seen of his state that he's been
campaigning full bore
as well as you know in the most difficult and stressful office in the
world and a president st
he's dealing with the issue that nobody's talking about today and that is
that the syria turkey
uh... heightening escalation of the hostilities there
i'm sure he's had to have a number of briefings on that and keep his head
in the debate and sell i don't know how anybody could possibly do
all that's required at that level
and still walk away with the support for mister snow what we used to seeing from
rock a while
so uh... and uh... and i guess and part of it is because you can read all this
presidential duties but the altitude itself presumably would have affected
mit romney as well but you think
he's been living in the in colorado
what the last week and a half
so if you're going does acclimate to into situations i was talking about work
you know you literally flying in the land three o'clock in the afternoon of
six or seven o'clock in the evening you're giving a speech
and when that happens and you don't have a chance ackerman
what i understand he was in another state
arrived at the uh... at the venue litter when we saw him in the hour before
the uh... the program is motorcade pulled up i'm not sure where he was
actually staying in colorado we've even stayed in
toward the end just arrived from
a more c-level like venue i'm no the next debate is going to be a cluster
university in new york city
so that hopefully we'll take care of that as a potential issue offered as an
excuse
but it could explain why he was in a situation you know of looking so pretty
captive
you know seventy-five eighty minutes infront of a packed auditorium on on
national television station in front of fifty million or so people
interesting of real quick last thing at how much interest is their uh... in
europe in watching these debates and the details of what he said i mean i know
you said that timing issue with a very very late at night
uh... but generally you know we heard about fifty million people here in the
u_s_ watched and what percentage of actual voters that represents we don't
yet know
uh... assess the interest level with this debate
well that's a great interest in the in the the race itself i mean i i and i'm
constantly asked to comment and
you know don't public radio programs this morning on
you know what happened in the debate of where reelection itself is headed but
they don't have the the level of of minute debate uh...
knowledge that you will in awhile the people to watch this program would have
they are interested in and number of people who work tweaking to meet uh...
last night because what i did was i live blog and i live treated what was
actually going on during the course of the basis of that help people understand
uh... and then
ambush tries to see
they were half a dozen or so people
not just in the u_k_ across the rest of europe and the movies
that were involved in the dialogues and we have as a result of that
all right so similar outlook really on style mit romney did very well on
substance present obama did well we'll have to see what happens in the polls
and uh... and we'll see what happens if the federal rehab of war c-level
burberry
at hofstra university dennis campbell editor in chief of u_k_ progressive
magazine thank you as always and will talk to you next week
see you next weekend
okay let's take a break stay tuned still more to come after that