LAWTON, Okla_This year's
presidential debates may be over for President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
but both candidates have given voters plenty to debate in the few days
remaining in the election.
Many people in Lawton 7News spoke with
said the debates have not changed the way they are going to vote. But we found
two voters, one who was not afraid to say he is voting opposite his registered
party and another who feels the debates missed a couple of issues she felt
needed to be addressed.
Three times
over the past three weeks, President Obama and Governor Romney shared the stage
to debate issues from the economy to the attack in Libya. One Lawtonian said he's
heard enough to make his decision.
"I'm for
Obama, I'm a registered Republican, but I just can't go with Mitt. He seems a
little flaky to me," Ronald Burgess said.
He said it's
not just Governor Romney, but also the way the republicans in congress have
failed to work with the president.
"Everything
that the president has tried to do, they've stopped. Republicans talking about
the high unemployment rates, if they'd voted on some of the jobs bills we
wouldn't be here, people could be going to work. They care more about getting
their representative in as president, than they do about people working."
But for another
resident there were some issues that were never addressed in any of the three
presidential debates. That has left her disappointed and confused on a choice.
"It leaves
me having to guess who I think will address the climate problem and who I think
will address the need to get all that excess secret money out of political
campaigns," Lenor Davis said.
The local
democratic and republican headquarters were also playing close attention to the
debates and weighed in on what they heard from their party's presidential
candidate.
"I think
President Obama has a great plan to move this country forward, of course you
have a lot of people in congress that fight him. That is the political aspect of
it, the Republicans of course, want to do all they can to make the president
look bad, they don't want to come across the aisle and work with his plan to
move the economy forward," Comanche County Democrat Chair Rhonda Williams
said.
"Governor
Romney has proven he is a man of business. I think that's what we need as
president is a man of business who can put the country back to work, get people
working making money and spending money and investing money. Then we will see America come
back strong," Republican party volunteer Kenneth Lowmiller said.
While these
were just local reactions, the big test comes when we see the nation's reaction
November 6th, so go get out there and vote.
