Previewing the Presidential Debates

[WI_DEM]

James Fallows: "The past two cycles of general-election debates have been anticlimactic. Everyone expected the college-debate whiz John Kerry to outperform the aphasic-seeming George W. Bush. He did, but it didn't matter. For John McCain, the world financial crisis, plus his selection of Sarah Palin, was bringing his campaign down around him before he even stepped on a stage with Barack Obama. The only memorable aspect of their debates was McCain's short-lived attempt to get out of them so that he could devote his full attention to developing financial-rescue policies."

"This year's exchanges have the potential to be different, and more dramatic. Romney is very strong as a debater but has also shown two repeated weaknesses: a thin command of policy details, and an awkwardness when taken by surprise."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/23/previewing_the_presidential_debates.html

I don't know I guess I've never thought of Romney as 'very strong as a debater.'

[Wait Wut]

1. A strong debater?

He made Rick Perry look like Albert Friggin' Einstein.

[Larkspur]

2. Romney is as strong a debator as Thurston Howell III was

Romney is stiff and a baldface liar.

It will be interesting to see if the moderators will call Romney on his baldface lies.

I wonder if he'll try to make a $10,000 bet with Obama?

[Scuba]

3. Romney's a pathetic debater. Anybody who tries to make a $10K bet during a Presidential debate...

... is automatically disqualified from consideration for "strong debater".

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. MittWit's awkwardness will be glaringly obvious

and in sharp contrast to the President's ability to deliver forthright and substantial responses. Let's face it, there were no heavyweights during the repuke primary. A box of rocks could have held its own in any of those debates. MittWit will be exposed for the phony, robotic asshole that he is when he is on the same stage as PBO.