Barack Obama yayi kyau, amma Mitt Romney bai yi muni ba.
"Mutanen Amurka sun ga shugabansu a daren yau - shugaba mai karfi, tsayayye kuma mai yanke hukunci," in ji Jim Messina, manajan yakin neman zaben Barack Obama, bayan muhawara ta biyu tsakanin 'yan takarar a Long Island ranar 16 ga Oktoba. Ya yi gaskiya: Mr Obama ya kwana lafiya. Sai dai kuma sanarwar da aka yi ta nuna cewa, a muhawarar da ta gabata, makonni biyu da suka gabata, Mr Obama ya yi kamar ya rabu da shi kuma ba shi da tabbas. A wannan lokacin, Mitt Romney ne ya ke kan kyakykyawan tsari - da kyau har ya kawar da gibin da ya dade yana yi a zaben. Kuma abin takaici ga shugaban, sigar Mr Romney mai cin gashin kansa, mai hankali amma kuma mai karfin gaske wanda ya bayyana a haduwarsu ta farko ta sake bayyana a karo na biyu, wanda ya yi watsi da tasirin farfado da Mista Obama.
A cikin mako guda bayan muhawarar farko, Mista Romney ya tashi daga gibin maki 3.1 a matsakaicin kuri'un kuri'un kasa da RealClearPolitics, wani gidan yanar gizo ya tattara, zuwa kashi 1.5% - na farko a bana. Tun daga lokacin da alkaluman nasa suka dan koma baya-matsakaici na RCP yanzu ya nuna kusan kunnen doki-kuma ba su taba yin karfi ba a zaben jihohin da ake yi. Duk da haka, Mr Romney ya canza tseren zuwa wani zafi mai zafi.
Ƙarfin ikon mai ƙalubalantar ya cimma abubuwa biyu a waccan muhawara ta farko. Da farko, ya ƙarfafa magoya bayansa, wanda hakan ya sa masu jefa ƙuri'a suka ɗaure hasashe na fitowar 'yan Republican a ranar zaɓe. Na biyu, kuri’u da dama sun nuna cewa mata, wadanda a baya sun fifita Mista Obama da tazara mai yawa, sun yanke shawarar cewa Mista Romney ya kasance mutum mai kama da matsakaici. A cikin kuri'a daya, daga Cibiyar Bincike ta Pew, ya yi tsalle da maki 18 a tsakanin mata masu jefa kuri'a don yin kunnen doki da shugaban kasa.
A muhawara ta biyu, Mr Romney a bisa dabi'a ya yi kokarin kare wadannan nasarori kuma Mista Obama ya yi kokarin sauya su. Shugaban ya kasance mai fafutuka tun da farko, yana mai cewa Mista Romney ya biya haraji kadan, ya ba da gudummawar fitar da guraben ayyukan yi a Amurka, da gangan ya lalata abubuwan more rayuwa don samun kudi cikin gaggawa a lokacin da yake a matsayin mai saka hannun jari mai zaman kansa, kuma ba shi da wani shiri a cikin harkokin kasuwanci. Fadar White House ta wuce kashe masu arziki a cikin kudin tsakiyar aji - duk don amsa tambaya ta farko. Watakila lokacin da ya fi dacewa ya zo ne lokacin da Mr Romney ya zarge shi da yin siyasa tare da mutuwar wasu jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka hudu a Libya a watan jiya. Da yake kira da wani gamsasshen fushi na gaskiya, ya ayyana tuhumar a matsayin “mai laifi”, wanda ya sa Mista Romney ya zama kamar mai son kai.
Amma Mista Romney ya mayar da martani ga furucin na Mista Obama a cikin wani yanayi, tare da yawan katsewa, nuna yatsa da kuma tozarta nasa. Ya fitar da jerin gwano na dukkan alkawurran da shugaban ya yi, kuma ya kasa cikawa, game da inganta tattalin arzikin kasar. Ya maimaita sau da yawa cewa Amurkawa 23m suna neman aiki, cewa ana "murkushe masu matsakaici", cewa Amurkawa 47m suna kan tamburan abinci, da sauransu. Ya yi ajiyar zuciya na tsai da maganar, “Ba sai mun daidaita ba.”
Dukkan mutanen biyu sun yi kira da gangan ga mata masu kada kuri'a. Mista Romney ya yi watsi da ra'ayin abokin takararsa, Paul Ryan, ya dauka a muhawarar mataimakin shugaban kasar mako daya da ta gabata, cewa ya kamata wasu ma'aikata su yi magana kan ko inshorar lafiya da suka bai wa ma'aikatansu ya shafi rigakafin haihuwa. Ya bayyana cewa a matsayinsa na gwamnan Massachusetts ba wai kawai ya dauki mace aiki a matsayin shugaban ma’aikatansa ba, har ma ya ba ta damar yin sa’o’i masu saukin kai da yara.
Har ila yau, Mr Obama, ya yi nuni da cewa, kudurin dokar farko da ya sanya wa hannu, ita ce ta samar da sauki ga mata su kai kara domin nuna wariya ga albashi. Ya ce kiyayyar da Mista Romney ke yi da Planned Parenthood, wanda ke tafiyar da cibiyoyin kula da lafiyar mata, zai hana yin gwajin cutar daji da kuma rigakafin hana haihuwa. Ya kuma yi tsokaci kan irin cikas da matan zamanin mahaifiyarsa da kakar kakarsa ke fuskanta, wanda ya yi fatan kawar da su saboda ‘ya’yansa mata guda biyu.
Ko da yake kuri'un "nan take" da dama sun nuna cewa Mr Obama zai yi nasara kadan, Mista Romney bai ce komai ba da zai soke sabon kiraye-kirayen da ya samu tsakanin masu sassaucin ra'ayi. An sami kwatance mai ban sha'awa ga abubuwan da suka faru a makonnin da suka gabata, in ji wani jami'in 'yan Republican. A gefe guda kuma, inganta bayanan tattalin arziki ya cire wasu daga cikin manyan sukar da 'yan jam'iyyar Republican suka yi wa shugaban. A daya hannun kuma, yanayin da Mr Romney ya yi a muhawarar ya yi wa jam'iyyar Democrat kaca-kaca, cewa yana da arziki da rashin sanin yakamata da fahimtar talakawan Amurkawa. Wannan ya bar tseren game da inda ya kasance tun lokacin bazara: kusanci sosai, tare da watakila mafi ƙarancin fa'ida ga Mista Obama.
