I watched 30 mins. My observations:
Newt has a beautiful voice. It is a pleasure and easy to listen him.
Cain has cranky voice with pauses in speech.
I know this is superficial, but at least since nixon/kennedy debates, these sort of things matter.
Also, cain ducked at least one question. I’m not sure he is ready yet.
Newt had powerful and simple arguments. If Newt were to reject his global warming and “limited amnesty” bs, I would join Newt bandwagon. Now I’m not sure I trust him.
As the host Steve King pointed out this morning on Fox, Cain did not “duck” King moved on to the next question without giving Cain a chance to respond.
The good thing about Newt is that he does know the ropes. The bad thing about Newt is that he does know the ropes.
It may have appeared that Herman was not ready— but there is a huge flaw with that thought....
Herman knows exactly what defined contributions are....he is a career CEO....he knows EXACTLY what defined contributions are...I think several viewers may not be familiar with the term, and so they assumed when Herman passed to Newt that he didn’t know...that is called projection...
anyway— Herman passed to Newt first, because it was Newt’s turn to go first....Herman caught himself....hence Newts saying “It’s(that’s?) only fair.”
But anyone who knows what defined contributions are would realize that Herman would have been a failed CEO if he did not know what it means....if you listen to his answer— he explains it to the audience— once it was his turn...
I understand it may have looked like Herman was not ready...but he was thinking about how best to answer...it is not a term most folks are familiar with....
That being said— every candidate has strengths and weaknesses- the smart ones know their weaknesses and hire folks to cover those— it is one key to success in business....they saying is “Soar with your strengths, hire your weaknesses.” A rule for managers and leaders to live by...
If Newt really believes in man-made global warming, that is a big problem. The sun is a million times larger than the earth. In comparison, the earth is less than a speck. The sun is a ball of fire. The earth is a speck of rock. Since the earth is the size of a speck in comparison to the sun, what does that say about the size of a man? A man is many times less than a speck. And man influences the cycles of the sun? I DON’T THINK SO!!! And Newt is the most intelligent Republican candidate? We are in deep do-do.
You're funny.
YOu need to watch the whole thing, it gets better and better.
Newt stumbles all over himself, interrupting himself and then taking off in another direction. He uses voice inflection dramatically and way too many words to get his point across. I say keep it simple. You had to think twice before getting his message.
Mr. Cain is calmer, more to the point and is easily understood. Small pauses in speech are effective and show the man is communicating directly to his audience. Therefore Mr. Cain left us informed. I think more people can follow Mr. Cain. He sspeaks like he is sitting across the coffee tagble from you, which is more personal.
Actually, they weren’t that far apart, and I appreciated their good will toward eachother.
What you said. I agree totally. Which leaves us with No one.