MItt Romney’s $10,000 Bet Blows Up Twitter

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Pundits and strategists on the left and right alike were united in their reaction to Mitt Romney’s $10,000 mid-debate bet with Rick Perry: expect to see it many, many, many more times if Romney wins the nomination.

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The consensus seemed to be that Romney had given Democrats a big fat peg for yet another round of attacks on the candidate’s vast fortune.

You can already feel the $10k bet backfiring—will be one of the replayed moments from the debate,” The National Review’s Rich Lowry tweeted.

“How does Romney challenging Perry to a $10,000 bet fit into strategy of being champion of the middle class?” tweeted the Washington Examiner’s Phillip Klein.


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[Swede]

1. What a bunch of clowns.

nt

[tabatha]

2. here:

http://twitter.com/#!/search/gop%20debate

[Matariki]

3. Romney always uses peoples' names when he's trying to back them down

Notice that? Especially when he's trying to back someone down for telling the truth about him.

[sarcasmo]

4. This needs to go viral,. Mittens is an out of touch Billionaire.

[Kahuna]

5. Perry should have told him, why not a million?..You can afford it...

Then myth would have said...Alright! Bet a million then!

[BootinUp]

7. lol, you're probably right. nt

[Motown_Johnny]

6. Is a bet that big even legal?

This just blows my mind.


Can you see him doing the same thing in a Presidential debate with President Obama?

What a bunch of idiots.

[shraby]

11. I believe betting is illegal in most states. What state are

they debating in? Might be a big no-no there.

[Motown_Johnny]

13. Iowa

[malaise]

8. We couldn't believe he said that

What an idiot

[LiberalArkie]

9. What is the bet about?

[BootinUp]

10. Whether Romney flip flopped on the individual mandate

healthcare insurance thing

[Awsi Dooger]

12. He could have offered odds

$10,000 at even money is a weak stand if you know you're correct. But from personal experience once you snicker too much and start offering odds, the other guy senses he's wrong and backs down.

[Orsino]

14. And their piddly US$10,000 bet will get far more media scrutiny...

...than will the trillions they are proposing to steal.

[C_U_L8R]

15. So out of touch

he doesn't even know it