Romney Eludes Rivals’ Attacks at Republican Debate in N.H.
A relaxed and self-assured Mitt Romney sailed above the fray at a crucial debate on Saturday night as his Republican rivals engaged in a spirited fight to determine which of them would emerge as his most formidable opponent when the partys nominating contest moves past New Hampshire.
Mr. Romney, who had been bracing for an onslaught of attacks, brushed aside a critique about his time buying and selling companies at his investment firm. He defended his record as Massachusetts governor with ease, fielding only occasional questions about his controversial health care law.
But Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who is fighting to become the leading conservative alternative to Mr. Romney, warned Republicans that Mr. Romneys pedigree would make it more difficult to push back against the income equality argument that is a central theme of President Obamas re-election strategy.
There are no classes in America, said Mr. Santorum, referring to his own blue-collar background as he needled Mr. Romney for referring to the middle class. The idea that somehow or another were going to buy into the class warfare argument of Barack Obama is something that should not be part of the Republican lexicon.
full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/us/politics/romney-eludes-rivals-attacks-at-republican-debate-in-nh.html?pagewanted=all
oh08dem
(339 posts)In fact, just the opposite.
think
(11,641 posts)oh08dem
(339 posts)because even one of Bill O'Reilly's bullshit body language experts knows when Romney starts talking fast and getting fidgety he's on the ropes.
RandySF
(58,728 posts)The more he skates through the primary, the less people will know about his warts until Team Obama goes to work on him.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)classof56
(5,376 posts)Thanks for the chuckle!
stockholmer
(3,751 posts)In ALL the industrialized world, only the UK has less upward social and economic mobiltity than the US. One of the biggest myths in the USA is the Horatio Alger 'pull yourself up by your own bootstraps' one. The supposedly 'enshackling' social democracies of the EU, especially the Nordic ones such as my country, Sweden, have the highest in the world.
This results in extreme wealth inequality which is playing a large part in the destruction of the USA's way of life for the vast majority.
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=628129&mesg_id=628129
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-downward-path-of-upward-mobility/2011/11/09/gIQAegpS6M_story.html
In the United States, however, if you are born into poverty, you are highly likely to have malnutrition, childhood sicknesses and a bad education. The dirty little secret about the U.S. welfare state is that it spends very little on the poor who dont vote much lavishing attention instead on the middle class. The result is clear. A student interviewed by Opportunity Nation, a bipartisan group founded to address these issues, put it succinctly, The ZIP code youre born in shouldnt determine your destiny, but too often it does.
BlueMTexpat
(15,366 posts)Santorum is truly out of it, but that is practically a requirement for a Republican Presidential candidate in today's USA.
zanana1
(6,110 posts)He let his rivals destroy each other while he stood there with that smirk on his face.
4dsc
(5,787 posts)I thought he looked a little creepy myself. He had the smirk and he just stared off into space.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)He ALWAYS looks creepy.
center rising
(971 posts)Didn't sound confident at all.
BlueMTexpat
(15,366 posts)How dare you trust your own lying eyes and ears!