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there will be at least one loser plus a couple winners. I usually think you are living on another planet, but I love this response. You are about right on, if you had just not had to throw the last statement in..
If you mean win as in who will be the frontrunner after the debate, it will be Perry. Thanks to the media calling him dumb, he wins simply by not losing or imploding.
If you mean who technically turn in the best performance, I think it will be Huntsman. He'll do a lot of attacking of Perry, and he speaks well. But the media will largely ignore it in soundbites after the debate, cause he's like a 1%er. No chance at all for the nomination.
Paul will do as he usually does; crowd favorite but kind of rambling and going over his time. He'll engage in a good ol' Texas Tussle with Rick Perry, but I don't think he'll end up looking like the stronger one if the two clash. I expect Perry will be able to dispatch his attacks easier than Huntsman's or Santorum's, although the audience will not like it when Perry does so.
Michelle Bachmann I suspect will try to launch some attacks, but I think the moderators will not be focused enough on her to give much opportunity. If Paul is going to try to out-conservative Rick Perry, well that's Bachmann's strategy too. But it's no good when both are trying to do it.
Romney will probably try to leave the attacking of Perry to the others. As he probably should. He won't "win" the debate because his performance should be drama-free -- that's the logical strategy for him right now. If the attacks on Perry by the others don't work, then he may get more aggressive in the future debates.
Santorum and Huntsman will relentlessly attack Perry, but may have limited opportunity to do so, and unless Perry slips up in a rebuttal the performances by those two will largely slide without any real attention given.
Cain isn't the attacking type. He might take some career politician vs. businessman shots, but it's his positive populist message that initially gained traction. And that's losing it's luster. If he tries something dramatic to stay relevant, it may be painful to watch.
Perry, as I said earlier, wins if he doesn't implode or come in last. His job in this debate is to stay on his message with simple soundbites, regardless of the questions that come his way. After the debate, all the news channels will ask people what they thought of his performance. As is typical, all they'll remember are the short catchy soundbites. So if he gets those in and doesn't make any huge errors they will say they liked his performance.
The moderators are going to ask Perry some "gotcha" type questions, but they've already projected what they will be (thanks again to the media trying to tear him down), so he is already prepared. They will ask him about statements in his book. They'll ask him about what he said about Social Security, and about Ben Bernanke. If they really want to get some shock value ratings, they'll ask him about the gay rumors. Anyway, he's basically already got a cheat sheet for the tough questions, so they shouldn't be a problem.
Gingrich and Cain don't even get mentioned in the poll? Regardless of who wins, all of them will still be losers.
Oh, forgot Gingrich! That's not a good sign for his campaign...
Anyway like Cain, I think the moderators might have a tough time coming up with any good questions to direct to him. Gingrich will have a solid performance and compete for the technical "win" with Huntsman, although that doesn't matter because he's the favorite of no one. Don't think he'll be an attack dog because he's not inclined to do anyone else's bidding.
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