Presidential Debate Polls: Obama Won the Debate Tonight, Evidence is Clear

The Presidential debate winner is not clear. Election polls can be checked online at Real Clear Politics. Rasmussen polling will show one result. CNN snap polls will show another.  Beyond election polling, it is important to look at the real foreign policy issues that President Obama led America through.  

America is the clear winner on the global stage because of President Obama’s actions.  Bob Shieffer brought up Kennedy’s handling of the Cold War. President Obama’s impact on foreign policy with Russia is an accomplishment on this scale.

President Obama spent an intense year negotiating with Russia to pass the START treaty.  This treaty was one of the most important diplomatic accomplishment in decades. While the President was busy averting an economic depression he convinced Russia to slash it’s nuclear arsenal in half. While it is easy to be short-sighted and remember only what happened today, or get lost in debate spin, President Obama’s negotiation and signing of the START treaty must be reviewed to understand his incredible accomplishments.

If Romney believes Russia is the biggest geopolitical foe, then when President Obama signed the treaty to cut Russia’s nuclear arsenal in half this is the largest accomplishment Barack Obama could have made. We are safer. We are more secure. We will have diminishing threats in the future because President Obama completed intense negotiations with Russia that secure a safer future.