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Obama camp promises tougher response to Romney in next debate
The Hill ^ | October 4, 2012 | Justin Sink

Posted on 10/04/2012 8:06:51 AM PDT by Smokeyblue

Reeling from a debate performance where President Obama often seemed listless and subdued relative to his Republican opponent, the Obama campaign's top strategist said Thursday they would more aggressively challenge Mitt Romney on alleged inconsistencies in his policies.

"You know, you can't tell the American people up is down and down is up and ignore your history and ignore your statements," Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said Thursday on MSNBC. "You can't square the circle, and Gov. Romney is going to be held accountable for that."

Axelrod went on to accuse Romney of playing "a shell game" at the debate and said the Republican nominee deserved "an 'F' for being honest with the American people."

In an earlier interview on NBC's "Today Show," Axelrod added that the president was "looking very much forward" to his next chance to debate Romney on Oct. 16.

"I know this, he will come, he will make an honest argument with the American people about how to rebuild the economy and the middle class and he'll hold Gov. Romney to account for these big gaps in the truth we saw last night," Axelrod said.

But Obama's longtime political strategist did seem to concede that the president had been bested, at least on style, in Wednesday night's pivotal showdown with his Republican challenger.

"I joked that Mitt Romney put more preparation into it than they did into the invasion in Normandy and you saw last night," Axelrod said. "I expected a strong performance, got a strong performance, but that's what it was — a performance."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: axelrod; debate; obama
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To: GeronL

The next debate is not just foreign policy. It is both Foreign and domestic policy. It’s format is where the people in the audience ask the questions. The third debate will be on just foreign policy, and the format will go back to the formula used in the first debate. With one moderator asking the questions.


61 posted on 10/04/2012 9:05:14 AM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: MrB

Well...I think he may have...he sounded as though he was talking on delay for most of the debate...like he was listening for words. I know, that’s kind of how he is off teleprompter, but it makes the case there may be an implanted device. FWIW


62 posted on 10/04/2012 9:07:08 AM PDT by goodnesswins (What has happened to America?)
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To: All

He started out by telling everyone to ignore the past few years and focus on the future. this was after he spent the last four years blaming everything on the previous eight years..

No Axlerod, you can’t make something from nothing and yelling a lie is not going to make it more believable.


63 posted on 10/04/2012 9:09:29 AM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: GeronL

It would not surprise me to see Obama using such bombing as an excuse to miss the rest of the debates.....


64 posted on 10/04/2012 9:16:28 AM PDT by Gator113 (I would have voted for NEWT, now it's Ryan and the other guy.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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To: political1

okay. thanks


65 posted on 10/04/2012 9:22:55 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Gator113

AT least the third debate if thats the foreign policy one


66 posted on 10/04/2012 9:25:46 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: All

nobama will hopefully resign in the middle of the next debate, asking for a plea bargain that will keep him (and his oafish clown-wife) out of Leavenworth. You saw it here first.


67 posted on 10/04/2012 9:27:28 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: sevinufnine
Yeah, OZero will be tougher. Instead of wearing Michelle’s panties he’ll have on a pair of big boy undies instead? Please!

Obama went to the beach in a pair of old swim trunks that went down to his knees. He walked up to the lifeguard and asked why the girls weren't swooning over him.

The lifeguard replied "It's your swim trunks, man. You need to wear a pair of short Speedos, and put a potato in them."

So, Obama bought a new pair of Speedos, placed a potato in them, and walked the beach. Only, now the girls were snickering.

Going back to the lifeguard, he said (Well, I bought the Speedos, got the potato, and now they're snickering. What's wrong?"

The lifeguard said "The potato needs to be in the front!"

68 posted on 10/04/2012 9:32:01 AM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: Smokeyblue

His monster is loose in the village without a teleprompter, and Dr. Frankenstein is not happy.


69 posted on 10/04/2012 9:43:29 AM PDT by sergeantdave (The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
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To: Smokeyblue
Does this mean Obama will have his incredible, invisible magic teleprompter on the next debate?

Or, maybe his "binky".

Maybe Michelle will give him cues like they do in baseball.

Not only did he look lost out there, he also seemed to have a Nixonian makeup artist. Looks like his hair has been recently dyed with just enough gray at the temples - no doubt for "gravitas"!

70 posted on 10/04/2012 10:11:28 AM PDT by hummingbird (Pray without ceasing. Pray for peace.)
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To: God luvs America
"axelrod spelling out why obama got his ass kicked last night..."

HA, HA!

71 posted on 10/04/2012 10:17:30 AM PDT by hummingbird (Pray without ceasing. Pray for peace.)
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To: blueunicorn6
"The one thing Obama can do to prepare for the foreign policy debate is to dismiss Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State."

Then, HRC's sharpened talons would be stretched and aimed toward BHO.

Obama: "What to do, what to do."

72 posted on 10/04/2012 10:20:09 AM PDT by hummingbird (Pray without ceasing. Pray for peace.)
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To: Batman11
"What a beat down that was last night!"

I'm so bad - I ate club crackers with the dogs - and for the first time in a while - I felt Schadenfreude.

73 posted on 10/04/2012 10:25:27 AM PDT by hummingbird (Shampoo, Rinse. DO NOT REPEAT. REPEAT IS A SCAM!)
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To: dfwgator
When was this and what was it about?!

Big baby.

74 posted on 10/04/2012 10:40:04 AM PDT by hummingbird (Shampoo, Rinse. DO NOT REPEAT. REPEAT IS A SCAM!)
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To: Raycpa

HA, PYTHON!


75 posted on 10/04/2012 10:40:52 AM PDT by hummingbird (Shampoo, Rinse. DO NOT REPEAT. REPEAT IS A SCAM!)
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To: Smokeyblue
It's not going to work. The horse is already out of the barn.

In the next debate, Obama will not be debating Romney, he will be debating Obama from the first debate.

-PJ

76 posted on 10/04/2012 10:52:10 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( It doesn't I naturally when you're not natural born.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
It's not going to work. The horse is already out of the barn.

In the next debate, Obama will not be debating Romney, he will be debating Obama from the first debate.

Recall how Al Gore huffed and puffed and sighed through his first debate with George Bush. Recall how in the second debate, Gore was the opposite of his behavior in the first debate. Gore was demure and passive. He wasn't debating Bush, he was debating against his prior performance.

That's what is going to happen to Obama in the next debate.

-PJ

77 posted on 10/04/2012 10:55:21 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( It doesn't I naturally when you're not natural born.)
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To: uncbob
"You better believe they will have him on something-Let's hope they overdose"

Maybe he will throw up on the stage - twice - like Justin Bieber recently did...

78 posted on 10/04/2012 10:56:09 AM PDT by hummingbird (Shampoo, Rinse. DO NOT REPEAT. REPEAT IS A SCAM!)
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To: bcsco

HA, HA! Potato in the back! HE, HE!


79 posted on 10/04/2012 11:00:08 AM PDT by hummingbird (Shampoo, Rinse. DO NOT REPEAT. REPEAT IS A SCAM!)
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