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 Thursday, January 31, 2008
During the CNN Republican Debate last night, McCain took a cheap shot on virtually every question to insult Romney. He went after "flip-flopping". He accused Romney of laying people off. He called Romney unqualified to be Commander in Chief. He looked like a fool continuing to insist that Romney wants a time table for troop withdrawal when it was completely clear to everyone there that all the evidence showed otherwise. He used class warfare tactics by telling Romney to spend every dime he had on the election. He complained about all the Romney "attack ads" when it was clear that he was the only one attacking last night. There were so many insults, I can't remember them all.
The most important factor in the debate last night was that Romney rose above the puerile tactics of McCain. Romney looked Presidential and McCain looked like a cranky old man. Romney defended himself quite well without responding in kind. I commend Romney on his poise and urge him to continue this approach. Romney clearly won the debate last night. Labels: debate, mitt romney Sunday, January 6, 2008
http://www.scottallan.com/2008/01/live-blogging-the-debate.html
Mitt knocks one out of the park. Labels: debate, mitt romney Friday, December 14, 2007
Here are two more clips from the debate forum where we talked about Mitt Romney.
Here's a clip talking about why Romney is the best choice to face Hillary: Here's a great question: "Can Romney make a deal with the unmovable object? A Democratic congress" Here's the original introduction in case you missed it: Labels: candidate debate, debate Thursday, December 13, 2007
Last night I participated in a forum sponsored by America's Future Foundation, representing Governor Romney in a "debate the candidates" style match-up.
The setting was an old (and I mean old) townhouse near Dupont Circle that used to be the residence of the German ambassador decades previous. The debaters, representing their respective candidates, were well prepared and the audience was engaged and respectful (for the most part). I should note this was mostly a younger crowd of conservatives and libertarians and there were a good number of, you guessed it, Ron Paul supporters. Like many of the actual candidate debates, a good portion of the program was spent rallying for and against Paul. I will be uploading videos as I can throughout the day. Here are my introductory remarks. The bios of the participants are below: For Mitt Romney: Justin Hart is the Vice President of Communications for the Lighted Candle Society. With over a decade of experience in the corporate world helping Fortune 500 companies utilize emerging technologies, Mr. Hart is now taking on the non-profit industry. He is the co-founder of MyManMitt.com, the top-trafficked blog supporting Mitt Romney for President. Mr. Hart has published numerous articles about technology and his favorite candidate on several websites, including the American Thinker. He is also the founder of the support group, Help Soar In. For Fred Thompson: Jon Henke is an Online Brand Manager for New Media Strategies in Arlington and a consultant to the Fred Thompson presidential campaign. Previously, he has worked as the New Media Advisor to the Senate Republicans and as the New Media Coordinator for the last few months of the George Allen Senate campaign. He blogs at QandO.net. For Mike Huckabee: Michael Mayernick is a freelance internet marketing and development consultant and serves on the board of trustees to the American Parliamentary Debate Association. While studying economics and political science, Mr. Mayernick represented Johns Hopkins University as part of the nation’s top-ranked team in national and international debate competitions. He is currently a management consultant at Bearingpoint. For Ron Paul: Jonathan Bydlak, Fundraising Director for Ron Paul. (I don't have a full bio for Jonathan since he ws a last minute substitute.) For Rudy Giuliani: Michael J. Zarrelli is currently the Corporate Counsel / Federal Affairs Manager for a privately held $6.4 billion multi-national company that competes in the global marketplace and sells products in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide. He is also a Washington, DC advisor to the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee. From 1997 thru 2001, he served as a Legislative Representative for New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in his Washington Bureau. Mr. Zarrelli received a B.A. in Political Science from Hartwick College and a J.D. from The Catholic University of America - Columbus School of Law. He is a member of the Maryland Bar. Moderating: Christopher Beam is a political reporter for Slate Magazine and writes its campaign blog, Trailhead. Labels: bloggers, candidate debate, debate, ron paul Sorry that I didn't get much up on debate thoughts as promised. The newest little Romney-bot had a tough day yesterday that required my attention.
Look, Romney had a great day yesterday. He was substantive, positive, and highlighted his record of accomplishment, all key strengths to his campaign. It is unsurprising that after such a debate focus groups such as Luntz's would find him to be the winner. Also he drew distinctions with other campaigns even as the moderation discouraged such exchanges. Notably on education, Romney was able to offer substantive ideas that made Huckabee's "kids are dropping out because they're bored" look silly. Additionally, his retort about the comparative excellence of Arkansas schools to Massachusetts schools was one of the few debated points of the night. I thought in some ways Huckabee got off easy last night as the moderators took off the table two soft points to his candidacy: Foreign policy and immigration. I'm not sure what prompted that decision, but Huckabee really lucked out. He also got embarrased by Tancredo over the federal role in education. Also, did Alan Keyes call out Huckabee for not being religious enough? Thompson had a fine night, although apparently everyone else missed it that as he was giving his answer on NAFTA he admitted not having anything to say, even as he kept talking. I appreciated his refusal to answer the hand-raising questions. Hoepfully that will discourage others (I'm looking at you Chris Matthews) from asking those types of questions again. I don't remember a thing that anyone else said, although I remember Alan Keyes perpetually embarassing himself. Rudy seemed fine, but has failed to excel the way he did earlier in the year. McCain, like Huckabee, lucked out that the debate didn't cover immigration. Tancredo and Duncan Hunter...uh...were there. Ron Paul was Ron Paul. Great analysis of the yesterday's debate from Dry Fly Politics
Labels: debate Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Was There a Conspiracy Against Rudy and McCain? [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Mitt won — sounded presidential, competent, made a case for himself, and was optimistic but realistic about the threats we face. He's hit his stride. (Yes, you're shocked I'd say that.) More from the Corner Bread-and-Butter Mitt [Rich Lowry] Labels: debate This Wednesday, December 12th, just hours after the last Republican pre-Iowa melee, the America's Future Foundation will be hosting a "forum" featuring bloggers supporting the top candidates on the GOP side.
 Here's the blogger setup:
Labels: blogs, debate, Justin Hart
For those watching the debate in 1.5 hours, I'll have some of my own comments to go along with the debate. Keep an eye on MMM for updates and comments.
For those with just internet access, you should be able to watch the debate at Fox News, CNN, C-SPAN3, the DeMoines Register, or Iowa Public Television. Thursday, November 29, 2007
I just finished watching the debate on the 11:00 replay. I thought is was pretty engaging and I think that Romney won decisively.
One thing that gets me excited about Romney is that his message machine is always running full throttle. Everyone of us should hold the Bush administration accountable for their total inability to communicate and get out their message. We need a President who can flood the zone of communications and win the war of words. Talking to a few other bloggers they tell me the first Romney videos were up on YouTube just minutes into the debate. Email endorsements followed. Of course, the "what they're saying" emails were fresh off the presses minutes after debate. Also, notice also the full court press of videos by Romney endorsers in support of their candidate. This is the best of both worlds: win the debate in actuality and then win it again in the press. Is this how Iowa will play out? Labels: debate Tuesday, November 27, 2007
 The CNN/Youtube debate is tomorrow. Don't forget to watch it. Make sure to bring friends that can see the Governor debate. Also, the campaign says that they will be offering behind-the-scenes footage from the debate hall in St. Petersburg, Florida and live streaming responses during and after the debate at MittRomney.com. Labels: debate
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
A few random pre-debate thoughts:
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