Posted on 10/14/2012 8:17:56 PM PDT by cdchik123
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – As President Obama began to hunker down at a plush resort here for three full days of debate prep, his campaign team signaled the incumbent may steal a page from Vice President Joe Biden and show a more aggressive tone in Tuesday's second face-to-face showdown with Republican Mitt Romney.
"Gov. Romney has been making pitches all of his life and he knows how to say what people want to hear whether that was during his time at Bain or during the dozens of town halls he did during the primary," Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday. "His running mate also left him vulnerable on a number of issues -- admitting there was a $5 trillion tax cut, after he denied it, but again failing to explain how they would pay for it, leaving women worried about their ability to make choices about their own health care and failing to articulate their plan for winding down our presence in Afghanistan."
It's significant that Psaki previewed the president's next clash with Romney with an immediate mention of his time at Bain, a word Obama never mentioned during the first presidential debate, in Denver.
Senior campaign adviser David Axelrod said on "Fox News Sunday" that Obama is making “adjustments” before the debate and plans to be more aggressive.
Axelrod also referred to Romney's investment capital career before entering politics.
“We expect Governor Romney will have a great debate too," he said. "He is a great salesman. That is what he did as a professional, he is very good at it.”
Later Sunday, Psaki noted women's health-care issues were left out of the first debate, which appeared to suggest Obama would raise the topic this time.
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Romney could ask why a tweet came from the state dept in bengazi asserting apology for an offensive video - but there was no video.
Why was such a tweet sent?
See if Romney was smart, he would take a page from Ronald Reagan and simply look into the camera and say to the American People, “My opponent is simply trying to come off in this debate now as something he has not been for the last 4 years and that is a leader!”
I’ll wager that the bamster will come off as a snide, arrogant, condescending pr!ck which is exactly what he is. This won’t help his “likeability” with normal Americans. Of course, the dhimmocritters will love it.
Romney will counter Bain with the success and employment numbers of Staples and Home Depot, etc. Obama will lose the argument.
The Bain issue did not work in the TV ads and now if obama brings them up, Romney will have an opportunity to fully explain the purpose of Bain and venture capitol as well as answer bogus charges.
I really wish obama wouldn’t waste our time talking about a business that Governor Romney left long ago. I want to hear about issues, won’t change my mind, but I still want to hear it.
I bet that Obama comes out swinging, but all he's going to connect with is air.
It will make him look petty and ridiculous.
And nobody will buy it, so long as Mitt stays on message. Let Obama look like the unpleasant, incompetent fool he REALLY is.
I hope Mitt's own handlers have prepped him well.If so, this could be the K.O.
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/21/democrats_and_bain_2/
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/205025-dems-receive-more-bain-dollars-than-gop
http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/14/a-democrats-defense-of-romney-and-bain/
Joshua Bekenstein [EO of BAIN] sure loves to give money to Dems
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/joshua-bekenstein.asp?cycle=10
I would imagine Mitt knows this if even I could find in 10 minutes.
I agree but Romney will have to make sure he can condense all the pertinent facts in two minutes. The communists monitor will be sure to cut him off if he is doing a good job.
There are mountains of dirt to dump on Obama. Oh that Romney would do it.
I agree but Romney will have to make sure he can condense all the pertinent facts in two minutes. The communists monitor will be sure to cut him off if he is doing a good job.
Huckabee just said he takes umbrage at hte fact that the msm and htose surrounding obama are willing to do ANYTHING regardless of how dispicable or how dishonest it is in order to protect obama
Bam! Mitt NEEDS to immediately confront obama abotu hte FACT that had it been a republican president i nthe white house who said that they ‘were unaweare of the need for more security in Libya’ that the left woudl be screamign to have that president thrown out of office for incompetence, and ask obama why it is that he gets to go through his presidency with his head i nthe clouds, unaware of what’s goign on around him- and hten ask him how an out of touch president stacks up agaisnt the FACT that Bain did the firing and not him? Years after he left no less?
I really hope mitt hammers obama o nthe FACT that obama is absent durign his presidency and is mroe cocnerned abotu doing talk shows and palying and partying, than he is in runnign htis coutnry
Huckabee hit the nail on the head with his comment tonight- gthe media is beign SEVERELY derilect and is willing to help this president LIE to the american peopel in order to protect him- Newt then follwoede up said it was despicable of biden to LIE to the american peopel abotu what hte white house or didn’t know-
Hopefully Mitt can be as direct and blunt as newt and miek were tongiht! People NEED to wake up to the FACT that their president is MIA and has been for 4 years and that the msm has been coverign up ghis incompetence and even helping him to lie to us!
You can definitely see why the democrats have the jackass as there symbol.
Romney will never get two minutes uninterrupted. Lefterator Crowley will make sure of that if Obama doesn't. Mitt better explain it in 30 seconds.
If Mitt can express his willingness to work with the people’s representatives to get things done as well as spread American ideals across the planet he will pull in the rest of the independents.
Obama can’t get nothing done and everyone knows it.
Ya gotta love the fact they are calling Romney a “salesman”... I’m sure all the sales folks out there appreciate that.
Romney should ask the bomber some questions about the murdering child molester.
Excellent post.
Hey Candy-breath!
That @$$ makes your dress look fat.
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