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These right wing morons gave the POTUS all kinds of compliments in this memo and sought to LOWER the expectations for Mittens...wise strategy?? Please weigh in, teabaggers.
From: Beth Myers, Senior Adviser
To: Interested Parties
Date: September 27, 2012
Re: 2012 Presidential Debates
In a matter of days, Governor Romney and President Obama will meet on the presidential debate stage. President Obama is a universally-acclaimed public speaker and has substantial debate experience under his belt.
However, the record he's compiled over the last four years – higher unemployment, lower incomes, rising energy costs, and a national debt spiraling out of control – means this will be a close election right up to November 6th.
Between now and then, President Obama and Governor Romney will debate three times. While Governor Romney has the issues and the facts on his side, President Obama enters these contests with a significant advantage on a number of fronts.
Voters already believe – by a 25-point margin – that President Obama is likely to do a better job in these debates. Given President Obama's natural gifts and extensive seasoning under the bright lights of the debate stage, this is unsurprising. President Obama is a uniquely gifted speaker, and is widely regarded as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history. This will be the eighth one-on-one presidential debate of his political career. For Mitt Romney, it will be his first.
Four years ago, Barack Obama faced John McCain on the debate stage. According to Gallup, voters judged him the winner of each debate by double-digit margins, and their polling showed he won one debate by an astounding 33-point margin. In the 2008 primary, he faced Hillary Clinton, another formidable opponent – debating her one-on-one numerous times and coming out ahead. The takeaway? Not only has President Obama gained valuable experience in these debates, he also won them comfortably.
But what must President Obama overcome? His record. Based on the campaign he's run so far, it's clear that President Obama will use his ample rhetorical gifts and debating experience to one end: attacking Mitt Romney. Since he won't – and can't – talk about his record, he'll talk about Mitt Romney. We fully expect a 90-minute attack ad aimed at tearing down his opponent. If President Obama is as negative as we expect, he will have missed an opportunity to let the American people know his vision for the next four years and the policies he'd pursue. That's not an opportunity Mitt Romney will pass up. He will talk about the big choice in this election – the choice between President Obama's government-centric vision and Mitt Romney's vision for an opportunity society with more jobs, higher take-home pay, a better-educated workforce, and millions of Americans lifted out of poverty into the middle class. This election will not be decided by the debates, however. It will be decided by the American people. Regardless of who comes out on top in these debates, they know we can't afford another four years like the last four years. And they will ultimately choose a better future by electing Mitt Romney to be our next president.
Beth could be the worst person in the Romney campaign.
That said, all she's saying is that Mitt should hit 0bama on job performance. Looks like a typical corporate memo to me. Of course those who have never held a job past flipping burgers wouldn't know that.
Beth could be the worst person in the Romney campaign.
That said, all she's saying is that Mitt should hit 0bama on job performance. Looks like a typical corporate memo to me. Of course those who have never held a job past flipping burgers wouldn't know that.
So now you're denigrating those who flip burgers for an honest wage??? Wow, no wonder right-wingers are going to lose this election BIG.
Of course they want to lower the expectations for Romney--both sides try to do that. If you do better than the expectations, it's a win. An example is Palin in '08--her interview with Katie Couric was a disaster, and people expected her to bomb the first debate. She memorized one liners that she could use, she redirected all the questions back to her talking points vs. directly answering the questions, and she delivered her answers effectively--she won because of it, largely because she did so much better than anyone expected. They're trying to do the same thing with Romney. If he does way better than expected, it's a win for him.
I guess you somehow missed the same "capitulation" from the Obama Campaign?
No, you didn't miss it. You engaged in liberal hegemony on purpose.
Let me correct you.
Quote:
Meanwhile, the Obama camp countered with its own memo by David Axelrod: “[W]e expect Mitt Romney to be a prepared, disciplined and aggressive debater. Gov. Pawlenty said Romney ‘is as good as it gets in debating. He is poised, prepared, smart, strategic.’ We expect that Mitt Romney to show up in Denver. Second, debates—and particularly the first debate—generally favor challengers.”
Of course not. I'm saying those people have probably never seen a corporate memo.
Focus!
If only Gafney could focus, then this election might just be winnable for him.
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