Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert says Mitt Romney won the debate because he had command of the facts and President Obama simply cannot defend his record.
“In fairness to the president, it’s easier to debate if you have got a strong record behind you and he just didn’t have a whole to defend,” said Gohmert.
The congressman also said Romney proved he understood the energy industry by pointing out the plans Obama claims will clamp down on Big Oil will actually do very little to hurt the biggest firms but will crush scores of independent oil and gas producers.
Gohnert is also not buying Obama’s repeated accusations that Romney is far too vague on how he would address tax reform, repealing Obamacare and more.
“Consider the source,” says Gohmert. This “comes from a president who ran around the country spending millions and millions and millions of taxpayer dollars, flying around telling people to pass my bill right here, right now, right today. He didn’t even have a bill.”
Some conservatives were a bit alarmed at the number of times Romney vowed not to cut certain government programs, including education. Gohmert says he hopes to convince Romney that federal cuts in education are OK and states can handle the job that they do best.