Are the debates going to matter?

Hotair ^ | 09/30/2012 | Jazz Shaw

[Ax]

I doubt if ill watch it. My mind was long ago made up and what’s more, the sound and sight of The One makes me want to hurl chunks. Maybe I’ll go up to the Legion for some Wii bowling that night.

[carcraft]

I think Romney needs the respectful but rattle Obama! Obama can appear petty and small like when Obama told McCain “you lost “ during the health care summit!

[Thorliveshere]

Romney has always done better in the debates during the primaries. I think he’ll really shine.

[PapaNew]

Obama, the fat, sitting duck, is still sitting there for the taking and his only hope is for Romney to "play it safe." So what are Romney's handlers, an apparent extension of America's fifth column and the "enemy within" having Romney doing??? ______ __ ____ (fill in the blanks).

How is it possible that we have almost the exact same scenario as in 2008? Because the so-called GOP-e is also an extension of America's fifth column and the "enemy within."

How can America's future be hanging on Mitt Romney and his clueless campaign? How can America possibly survive if somehow, unbelievably, Obama gets in there for another four years? If Obama does get in, we'll probably soon forget about Obama because we'll too busy fighting the U.N's Agenda 21 and the NWO takeover.

Reagan's "Morning in America" has too quickly become Obama's "Midnight in America" (and the world).

That's the bad news. The good news if you're a believer in Jesus Christ, is that this will surely hasten Jesus' return for His own before the end of the world when God judges the world. We will be spared the horrors of God's wrath that will be poured out on the earth. And seven years later, we'll return in triumph with Jesus who, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, will rule the earth as the Prince of Peace. He'll do it right and show that what man could only do for a couple of hundred years every so often throughout the history of mans fairly miserable record, He will do for a thousand years. Can't wait. Be ready - He's coming soon.

[chris37]

No.

Obama can’t lose and Romney can’t win.

[ncalburt]

You are working your hardest to get the Marxist reelected on this website with every bitter Romney smear imaginable.
As they say in Tenn, Bless Your Heart !

[ncalburt]

Very sadly true.
Why let the enemy camp conduct the interrogation .

[chuckee]

Debates can be useful in stalling Obama’s upward momentum. It is the carpet bombing negative ads and the GOTV that will reverse the momentum back to Romney.

[Eye of Unk]

I’d be willing to wager Obama cancels his debate.

Or he finds some way to do it remotely or with a substitute, like maybe the Obama animatronic figure at Walt Disneyworld?

[hinckley buzzard]

That is true. I watched them. Nixon had a bad five o-clock shadow and perspired a lot. Looked downright shady. People who listened, thought he'd won.

[meyer]

Or he finds some way to do it remotely or with a substitute,...

I think his empty chair already debated Clint Eastwood - and lost soundly!

[hinckley buzzard]

One thing you can count on, Romney will have mastered the subject matter. How he comes across, who knows. But on the merits, he wins hands down.

[Melas]

I have to agree with the article. I’ve seen debates boost candidates and sink candidates, but those are rare. Typically, people see what they want to see in debates.

I remember thinking I lived on Mars when Lloyd Bensten mopped the floor with Quayle. I was active in the Bush campaign at a local level at the time, and couldn’t believe how many other volunteers were blinded to his pathetic performance.

Over time, I’ve come to realize that’s how the vast majority of voters see debates. A candidate says one or two things they agree with, so they instantly internalize a feeling of victory.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I remember thinking I lived on Mars when Lloyd Bensten mopped the floor with Quayle

Still, the Bush/Quayle combo won anyway.

That debate, including the unforgettable Bensen line: “I knew Kennedy, and Senator, you are no Jack Kennedy”, did not amount to a hill of beans in the end.

[AUJenn]

Romney needs to go all out, gloves off, hard-core. No politeness, no nice, no sweetness. Just plain, hard facts. The Obama campaign is ready to annihilate him, so why even attempt to be ‘nice?’

If he stays steady, and genuinely challenges Obama on his record, it will be fascinating TV. No teleprompter for Obama, so he won’t do well.

I think it could be a game-changer for Romney.

[pfflier]

I agree with you. Romney could do best if he quotes obummer.

For example how come nobody has brought up obummer's claim that it's OK to lie as a candidate?

[stevem]

Are the debates going to matter?

Uh, no.

[IrishPennant]

I’m in for $5 and a decimal point!! I’m fully prepared for a comma, if need be!

[Smittie]

That's the bad news. The good news if you're a believer in Jesus Christ, is that this will surely hasten Jesus' return for His own before the end of the world when God judges the world. We will be spared the horrors of God's wrath that will be poured out on the earth. And seven years later, we'll return in triumph with Jesus who, as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, will rule the earth as the Prince of Peace. He'll do it right and show that what man could only do for a couple of hundred years every so often throughout the history of mans fairly miserable record, He will do for a thousand years. Can't wait. Be ready - He's coming soon.

That's the quandary we find ourselves in. I just wish we would've been raptured before having to watch our country destroyed. Hopefully, we'll be able to hold on to most of our freedoms until He calls us home. Come Quickly, Lord Jesus!