Which is the real Mitt Romney? The ruthless Bain Capital financial operator? The moderate and competent governor of Massachusetts? The radical right-winger of the Republican primaries? Or the compassionate conservative of last night’s debate?
Poor President Obama was at a loss, because he was debating the positions Mitt Romney took a couple of weeks ago, not what Romney was saying last night. I am old enough to remember the New Nixon, supposedly a kinder, gentler version of the previous Richard Nixon. Now we have a New Romney. As I did with Nixon, I wonder how long this will last.
Tags: Election 2012, Mitt Romney, New Romney, Obama-Romney Debate, Politics, Presidential Debates
October 4, 2012 at 9:50 am |
Phil, I really like your take on why President Obama seemed so hesitant last night. I think you are correct. Unfortunately, many of the news articles today don’t seem to have the same opinion as to why Obama sometimes didn’t know quite how to respond to the very aggressive Romney.
October 5, 2012 at 10:13 am |
A poster on DailyKos pointed out that Romney was using a debate technique called the Gish Gallop, named for creationist propagandist Duane Gish. Gish is noted for rapidly spewing so many talking points, half-truths, and lies, that the scientists he debates are overwhelmed, not knowing what to respond to first.
This is the best explanation I’ve seen of what happened in the debate on Oct. 3.