i've never been overly impressed with obama's public speaking abilities (bill clinton shyts on him), especially in a debate atmosphere. hillary cooked him throughout the 2008 debates, obama just had that juice that couldn't be stopped. romney has been impressive imo during the republican debates. granted he was up against a group of circus clowns, but i always liked how crisp, aggressive, and on-point his answers were. reading insider reports, apparently this is how romney really is behind the scenes and many wonder why he isn't like this more often in public.
Behind the scenes, (my roommate's close friend is high on the Romney campaign), he's a pretty straight forward guy. Basically find your generic b-school guy and that's who Mitt Romney is. In here at law school we're amazed at how much they don't give a fukk about the social sides of issues and are just numbers and results driven. So think of that business school friend you have that you can chill with but at the end of the day can't agree with on so many things because of how it's all numbers to them and that's Mitt Romney.