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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:46 PM

Star Member trailmonkee (2,595 posts)

Romney staying out of public eye this week for debate prep

Last edited Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:47 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Source: cbs news

(CBS News) As the Democratic National Convention swings into full gear, new Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney plans to spend much of the week in private preparing for the fall's debates with President Obama, with no public appearances currently planned.

After spending Sunday and Monday at his summer home on New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Romney will travel to Reading, Vt., for several practice sessions at the home of Kerry Healey, who served as his lieutenant governor in Massachusetts. Joining them will be Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, who was tapped recently by the Romney campaign to portray Obama in the mock sessions after the rave reviews he received for playing Obama during GOP nominee John McCain's debate prep in 2008.

Romney's campaign previously had said he would be making public appearances this week during the Democratic convention, but senior adviser Kevin Madden told reporters on Saturday that no public events are now on the schedule. However, he acknowledged that events could be added in the coming days.

While Romney will spend the week studying up, vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will kick off his week a mere 250 miles from Charlotte with a trip to the eastern side of North Carolina, where campaign aides say he will ask voters, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57505059-503544/romney-staying-out-of-public-eye-this-week-for-debate-prep/

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Reply Romney staying out of public eye this week for debate prep (Original post)
 trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP
LineReply Cram all you want Mittens, preparation can not make you likeable.
 Marie Marie Sep 2012 #1
LineReply Oh goodie! He's hiding!!! nt
 snappyturtle Sep 2012 #2
LineLineNew Reply in an undisclosed location near you
 wordpix Sep 2012 #28
LineReply The first debate is one month from tomorrow
 BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #3
LineLineReply It will take them that long to implant a fully programmed microchip
 Larkspur Sep 2012 #4
LineLineLineReply ....and a personality (n/m)
 ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #17
LineLineLineLineReply I wish there was a "like" option for this. n/t
 condoleeza Sep 2012 #18
LineLineLineNew Reply they are having problems with the listening device.
 grantcart Sep 2012 #25
LineLineNew Reply True, but this is completely normal
 karynnj Sep 2012 #30
LineLineNew Reply President Obama is running the country and STILL able
 goclark Sep 2012 #32
LineReply P A N I C has now set in to the Romney campaign
 tomm2thumbs Sep 2012 #5
LineLineReply Oh, yes.
 randome Sep 2012 #21
LineLineLineReply betcha the folks that wanted Newt are going to be pissed at his performance
 tomm2thumbs Sep 2012 #22
LineLineLineLineNew Reply ALL the candidates due extensive practice
 karynnj Sep 2012 #31
LineReply LOL at Portman's "rave reviews", since McCain still sucked in those debates.
 tjdee Sep 2012 #6
LineReply Really dude, you can't multi-task? How will you handle being President?!!
 SunSeeker Sep 2012 #7
LineLineReply The president is running the country
 goclark Sep 2012 #14
LineLineNew Reply Bingo! nt
 avebury Sep 2012 #26
LineReply His debate preper, Rob Portman, also played both Liberman and Al Gore
 sad sally Sep 2012 #8
LineReply My guess is
 Politicalboi Sep 2012 #9
LineLineNew Reply "Bain issue and taxes..."splainin" to do" +10000, that's IT! IRS & NY AG are coming calling
 wordpix Sep 2012 #29
LineReply more like extending his vacation. nt
 Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2012 #10
LineReply Is he prepping for Real Obama or Imaginary Obama?
 neverforget Sep 2012 #11
LineReply Seems like bad idea for him if he's....he's...ha ha...telling the truth!
 bloomington-lib Sep 2012 #12
LineReply Who is going to 'prep' him if he manages to buy the election? He is dumber than Bush.
 appleannie1 Sep 2012 #13
LineReply Anger and Humiliation in Sauce
 PetrusMonsFormicarum Sep 2012 #15
LineReply he had better keep a low profile, or people will find out how dumb he really is.
 olddad56 Sep 2012 #16
LineReply Rob Portman's going to portray Obama? What, the chair's unavailable? . . .
 Journeyman Sep 2012 #19
LineReply No, you can't
 mojo2012 Sep 2012 #20
LineReply That's too bad. I was expecting a nice sentiment for Labor Day.
 chelsea0011 Sep 2012 #23
LineNew Reply Hopefully after Nov.
 glacierbay Sep 2012 #24
LineNew Reply Oh yeah! Sure! He's preparing to win a debate against Obama.
 lunatica Sep 2012 #27
LineLineNew Reply Romney will memorize generic answers and just recite them
 kiranon Sep 2012 #33

Response to trailmonkee (Original post)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:53 PM

Marie Marie (2,043 posts)

1. Cram all you want Mittens, preparation can not make you likeable.

Even your own party can't stand you and any votes you get from any one other than the 1% are not pro-Romney - they are Anti-Obama. With help from your big money donors and a little election chicanery, you may just steal the election. But we all know, that you will never WIN this election.

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 10:55 PM

Star Member snappyturtle (11,780 posts)

2. Oh goodie! He's hiding!!! nt

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:44 AM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

28. in an undisclosed location near you

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:00 PM

Star Member BeyondGeography (21,309 posts)

3. The first debate is one month from tomorrow

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:12 PM

Larkspur (12,132 posts)

4. It will take them that long to implant a fully programmed microchip

in Rmoney's brain so he can answer the debate questions with the correct talking points and lies.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:34 AM

Star Member ProudToBeBlueInRhody (10,328 posts)

17. ....and a personality (n/m)

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:54 AM

condoleeza (753 posts)

18. I wish there was a "like" option for this. n/t

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:37 AM

Star Member grantcart (38,744 posts)

25. they are having problems with the listening device.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:59 AM

Star Member karynnj (46,673 posts)

30. True, but this is completely normal

There are two reasons - one it was traditionally a courtesy to the other party and two, it is a time when you get far less coverage.

This year, Obama did not stay hidden, but went to various colleges. It is true that his coverage was less than it would have been in any other week, but he made personal contact with many college kids - especially in swing states. This could be critical in terms of getti9ng young activists involved.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 11:49 AM

Star Member goclark (30,404 posts)

32. President Obama is running the country and STILL able

Last edited Mon Sep 3, 2012, 11:52 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

to prepare his debate message.

Rmoney is in hiding ~ if anything he should be out there meeting with the LARGE crowds ( not) that can't wait to cheer for him and his StepfordAnnie wife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:25 PM

tomm2thumbs (9,188 posts)

5. P A N I C has now set in to the Romney campaign


You don't pull your candidate from the campaign trail unless you know you are in deep sh*t and that this is your absolute last chance to make the needle move, and there is nothing left in your arsenal.

They are in a full-throttle desperate, try-anything panic.

Couldn't happen to a nicer Party.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:32 AM

Star Member randome (12,705 posts)

21. Oh, yes.

And Obama, I bet, will NOT pull himself off the campaign trail. Romney once more has conceded the battlefield.

The debates will be uncomfortable to watch.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:55 AM

tomm2thumbs (9,188 posts)

22. betcha the folks that wanted Newt are going to be pissed at his performance


and wonder why their party didn't go with a debate-ready candidate...

Too little, too late, but it is probably going to get some of his pseudo-supporters so mad they'll give up on supporting the ticket. At some point, they'll realize he's been chasing a trophy job and not qualified to have earned it, and they'll be complicit in giving him his expensive gift to himself if they vote for him.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 11:05 AM

Star Member karynnj (46,673 posts)

31. ALL the candidates due extensive practice

It is NOT knowing the answers as much as figuring out ahead of time the best way to answer them. Even the incumbents - even Clinton - did debate practice. For the challenger, even John Kerry, who as good at debating as anyone having been the best in the country during his years at Yale and considered a wonk on both the Finance and SFR committees, practiced before the debates.

By the way, Kerry wiped the floor with Gingrich in a real debate on climate change. Gingrich was the best in a weak cohort of candidates as far as debating was concerned. I have no doubt that Obama would have been able to deal with him.

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:31 PM

tjdee (18,042 posts)

6. LOL at Portman's "rave reviews", since McCain still sucked in those debates.

Just...????

Republicans sure do hate change, geez.

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:38 PM

Star Member SunSeeker (5,035 posts)

7. Really dude, you can't multi-task? How will you handle being President?!!

Kinda reminds me of when McCain suspended his campaign to "save the economy."

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 01:01 AM

Star Member goclark (30,404 posts)

14. The president is running the country

and out on the road...being a great husband and dad at the same time.
Rmoney go home!!!

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:42 AM

Star Member avebury (2,938 posts)

26. Bingo! nt

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:45 PM

Star Member sad sally (2,627 posts)

8. His debate preper, Rob Portman, also played both Liberman and Al Gore

...During the 2000 presidential campaign, the staff for then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush asked him to play the part of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph I. Lieberman in mock debates that the Bush team had arranged for Richard B. Cheney, its desired running mate. Portman proved so formidable that, before the last of Bush’s three debates, he found himself in the dining room of the Texas governor’s mansion, playing Al Gore against Bush. He had prepared for the practice session by watching tapes of virtually every Gore debate he could find.

But the WA post article also notes:

... the view among several Romney insiders was that the chemistry between their leader and Portman “had not been great — not bad, he’s a nice guy, but just not great.”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rob-portman-said-to-be-on-short-list-for-romney-vice-president/2012/05/23/gJQAtd6alU_st

("its desired running mate?" yeah, the guy that picked himself)

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:46 PM

Politicalboi (9,485 posts)

9. My guess is

He's taking care of the Bain issue and taxes. He hopefully is going to have some "splainin" to do. Besides, I think Rmoney is not going to debate Obama. He'll say Obama is such a good speaker, and Obama, and the "liberal media" will twist Rmoney's words on stage, and then Obama will have more ammo to go after poor little Mittens. We shall see.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:46 AM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

29. "Bain issue and taxes..."splainin" to do" +10000, that's IT! IRS & NY AG are coming calling

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 11:46 PM

Viva_La_Revolution (27,076 posts)

10. more like extending his vacation. nt

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 12:23 AM

Star Member neverforget (6,315 posts)

11. Is he prepping for Real Obama or Imaginary Obama?

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 12:23 AM

bloomington-lib (803 posts)

12. Seems like bad idea for him if he's....he's...ha ha...telling the truth!

Shouldn't he campaign this week, trying to take the positive focus off Obama?

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 12:55 AM

appleannie1 (2,985 posts)

13. Who is going to 'prep' him if he manages to buy the election? He is dumber than Bush.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 01:24 AM

PetrusMonsFormicarum (1,908 posts)

15. Anger and Humiliation in Sauce

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:19 AM

olddad56 (2,835 posts)

16. he had better keep a low profile, or people will find out how dumb he really is.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 03:07 AM

Star Member Journeyman (9,202 posts)

19. Rob Portman's going to portray Obama? What, the chair's unavailable? . . .

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 07:26 AM

mojo2012 (290 posts)

20. No, you can't

No you can't take Ann or Paul up to the podium with you...."you're on your own"

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:25 AM

chelsea0011 (8,220 posts)

23. That's too bad. I was expecting a nice sentiment for Labor Day.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:28 AM

glacierbay (2,477 posts)

24. Hopefully after Nov.

 

he'll be out of the public eye for good and take Lyan Ryan with him.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:42 AM

lunatica (28,848 posts)

27. Oh yeah! Sure! He's preparing to win a debate against Obama.

Last edited Mon Sep 3, 2012, 10:49 AM USA/ET - Edit history (4)

Let me tell you Romney. You have one outcome. You are going to lose. There simply isn't anyone who can win against Obama. No one. Period. Niet. Nada. He took on a room full of Republicans on once which almost no one remembers because it was in his first year. And he won.

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 09:40 PM

kiranon (1,407 posts)

33. Romney will memorize generic answers and just recite them

in response to questions. Hopefully, the questions will be a bit off center so that Romney's answers will seem non responsive. There is no way he will go into the debates unscripted. Improv is not Romney's strong suit.

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