Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:01 PM

Indi Guy (3,071 posts)

Under fire from the right, Romney rigorously preparing for debate...

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Source: REUTERS

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Under pressure to regain his balance in the race for the White House, Mitt Romney is going through intense preparation for the first presidential debate next week while his campaign appeals to fellow Republicans to keep faith with their candidate.

Romney has appeared to have stopped the stumbling by having a relatively mistake-free week of campaigning after recent troubles that allowed President Barack Obama to build a lead in polls with less than 40 days left until the Nov. 6 election.

But Romney has to find a way to move the needle back in his direction before the race slips away. Romney forces are trying to reassure party leaders that the campaign is not over.

Campaign manager Matt Rhoades was in Washington this week and met privately with a high-profile group of party leaders to calm any fears and lay out the campaign's plans, Republican sources said...

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/28/usa-campaign-idUSL1E8KSBM020120928

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
Under fire from the right, Romney rigorously preparing for debate... (Original post)	Indi Guy	Sep 2012	OP
He should be a complete piece of stiff wood by the first debate....	NRaleighLiberal	Sep 2012	#1
Nope. He's had about 12 debates in 2012 primaries & did well enough to be nominated.	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#3
understood...but "well enough" in that crew is...well...	NRaleighLiberal	Sep 2012	#5
not exactly sure that his performances in the debates is why he was nominated ...	zbdent	Sep 2012	#7
Obama in the debates	kurt_cagle	Sep 2012	#14
good. hope he has better answers and more specifics than he's had before.	ejpoeta	Sep 2012	#2
Lets hope he doesn't. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#4
He will have ALL the answers - on both sides...	Indi Guy	Sep 2012	#6
i wish he would frankly. but he won't. you can't trust anything he says anyway	ejpoeta	Sep 2012	#15
ear piece	lexw	Sep 2012	#8
Why?	Liberalagogo	Sep 2012	#10
"Can't make chicken salad outa chicken shi..."	goclark	Sep 2012	#9
I think Obama will play him like a drum.	DollarBillHines	Sep 2012	#11
A mistake free week of campaigning?	WeekendWarrior	Sep 2012	#12
Mass debate presumably	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#13
Calming fears? Rhoades, tell us how did that go?	Justice	Sep 2012	#16
I am always astonished	DemKittyNC	Sep 2012	#17
Agreed	SoapBox	Sep 2012	#18
Locking	REP	Sep 2012	#19

Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:04 PM

NRaleighLiberal (28,645 posts)

1. He should be a complete piece of stiff wood by the first debate....

wanna bet that he will end up OVER prepared and just crash to earth? just sayin'......

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Response to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:05 PM

Bernardo de La Paz (7,142 posts)

3. Nope. He's had about 12 debates in 2012 primaries & did well enough to be nominated.

Nope. He's had about 12 debates in 2012 primaries & did well enough to be nominated.

Obama has not debated since 2008.

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Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:07 PM

NRaleighLiberal (28,645 posts)

5. understood...but "well enough" in that crew is...well...

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Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:20 PM

zbdent (34,523 posts)

7. not exactly sure that his performances in the debates is why he was nominated ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251110312

maybe it's because the general GOPers were NOT impressed with the batshi*-lunatic alternatives?

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Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 07:14 PM

kurt_cagle (493 posts)

14. Obama in the debates

What is likely is that both sides will be given access to the topics under discussion beforehand. I'm guessing that rebuttal time will be extremely limited. In essence, each of them will be giving speeches with little interchange.

Re: the GOP debates - remember that Romney generally was one of four or more candidates on stage, and overall, he didn't do terribly well even then, or he'd have a much bigger lead now. Instead, Romney waited for the press to tear apart his opponents for him.

Obama, on the other hand, has had time to grow into the role of being president. He's a considerably better orator than he was in 2008, and even then he was outstanding ... a little stiff, but he knew his material and he had passion about the topics at hand. He may flub something, but I think it unlikely. Romney, on the other hand, is struggling to even define his platform, believes he should be president because he has the most money, and has trouble connecting with anyone who doesn't make $250 million a year or more.

I'm also inclined to consider Obama's ace in the hole ... MSNBC. As it's clout builds, it is forcing a lot of the other networks into either shifting their reportage in a more neutral manner or formally admitting that they are right wing shills for the establishment. People are going to be watching less to make up their minds than to see if Obama can rattle Romney, which ironically means that Romney has to both keep on target and keep from blowing his top. If he does that, the debate will probably only serve to staunch the bleeding ... if he doesn't the election is over except for the dirty tricks at the poles.

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:05 PM

ejpoeta (8,693 posts)

2. good. hope he has better answers and more specifics than he's had before.

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Response to ejpoeta (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:05 PM

Bernardo de La Paz (7,142 posts)

4. Lets hope he doesn't. nt

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Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:13 PM

Indi Guy (3,071 posts)

6. He will have ALL the answers - on both sides...

...of every issue!

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Response to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 07:18 PM

ejpoeta (8,693 posts)

15. i wish he would frankly. but he won't. you can't trust anything he says anyway

because he could say one thing and then the next day his people will send out a press release saying he never said that. plus he takes every side of every issue when he does say anything specific.

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:25 PM

lexw (804 posts)

8. ear piece

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Response to lexw (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:30 PM

Liberalagogo (221 posts)

10. Why?

I mean, doesn't the Stenchbot have a wireless card?

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:30 PM

goclark (30,404 posts)

9. "Can't make chicken salad outa chicken shi..."

the Tin man would have to make an Extreme Makeover to outslick Obama.

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:32 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

11. I think Obama will play him like a drum.

Romney cannot stand in-your-face opposition and reacts very poorly.

The Obama team is going to pull some Psy-op shit on him and he will melt down.

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:36 PM

WeekendWarrior (1,278 posts)

12. A mistake free week of campaigning?

He spent most of the week fundraising, not campaigning.

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 07:03 PM

dipsydoodle (32,679 posts)

13. Mass debate presumably

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 07:19 PM

Justice (4,365 posts)

16. Calming fears? Rhoades, tell us how did that go?

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 07:28 PM

DemKittyNC (463 posts)

17. I am always astonished

at the people saying Rmoney has more debate experience due to the republican primary's and that he must be a great debater cause he won and Obama should be worried. Okay yes, Rmoney has more "recent" debate experience but you have to remember who he was debating against. A room full of right winger low intelligent idiots. All Rmoney proved was he was the smartest idiot in the room. Obama is a very cool, calculated and very intelligent man. He is a different kind of beast all together and if Rmoney thinks it will be smooth sailing like in the Republican Primary's then he is in a world of hurt.

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Response to DemKittyNC (Reply #17)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 08:15 PM

SoapBox (5,826 posts)

18. Agreed

I still think Mittens will be all twitchy and stuff...

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Response to Indi Guy (Original post)

Fri Sep 28, 2012, 09:41 PM

REP (18,302 posts)

19. Locking

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