Will frontrunner Romney keep debating? [about to wimp out in FL?]

The Washington Examiner ^ | 1/17/12 | Byron York

[vbmoneyspender]

You gotta have broad shoulders. You can’t spend your time whining.

Words to live by.

[Jim Robinson]

"provided, of course, the frontrunner decides to take the stage."

The campaign is wondering, will he lose more support by debating and losing or by being a no show chicken?

Romney is a loser. If he gets the nomination Obama will eat his lunch.

[af_vet_rr]

Romney won't back off the debates. Look at what happened when Perry's folks talked about ducking out on them. At this point, dodging a debate will make you look incredibly weak.

At first I did not like the number of debates, but they are free publicity and they are good practice for taking on Obama.

And let's face it, if we didn't have all of these debates, peoples' images of the candidates would be shaped by Super PAC ads.

[FrankR]

"...It's kind of like a cruise that's gone on too long."

TRANSLATION:
The others are getting too much trash on our boy, leaving him stuttering like obama without a teleprompter.".

[M. Thatcher]

Two words: glass jaw.

[BagCamAddict]

I can’t stand how Romney pronounces “Legislator” and “Legislature” as “Ledislator” and “Ledislature”. What is that all about?

I also can’t stand that annoying half-smile that he always has on his face.

I also can’t stand how he is so smug and used to being the boss that he says things like “I’ll answer how I want to answer” and “I’ll take a little more time” on his answers, giving himself permission to go over the allotted time.

I also can’t stand how he gets over 50% of the questions or time to talk.

Come to think of it, there’s nothing I CAN stand about the man.

[Leep]

I strongly strongly urge he decline to do the Florida debates. Especially, if it would be bad for him.

[BagCamAddict]

Romney has a long history of avoiding interviews. He would avoid these debates if there was any way to do it and not be portrayed as a spineless wimp.

I hope he does skip the debates. Let him go silently into the night, to be forgotten as soon as possible.

[musicman]

"Romney is a loser. If he gets the nomination Obama will eat his lunch."

[Christie at the beach]

Oh, my, not a good move. Romney can't even take the heat from these republican debates. The same candidate who wants to stand up to Obama for the conservative views. Can you image once Obama brings up his record. There will go that. Can you image the things they are holding back as the October surprise. Our guys have not been rough on Mitt. I wonder how he thinks he can handle Obama. I wonder how he plans to handle a national crisis.

[FrankR]

[M. Thatcher]

LOL

[Christie at the beach]

->>If he gets the nomination Obama will eat his lunch.”

It will not be pretty. What where the insiders thinking; his record alone will cream him. This is not only sad, but funny.

[FrankR]

[Bullish]

Obama loves fried chicken.

[ballplayer]

Dittos,I have had enough of Arrogant Snobs like romney,he wants to be President and he will not do this and Not do that and I will dictate. Screw you Romney,where was all this Arrogance when the Democrats were putting you in your place. You expect Harry Reid And Pelosi to bend to your Wimpy ass

[BobL]

One major mistake yesterday, and maybe another here. I’m sensing a Romney collapse now.

His major mistake yesterday was saying that he would release his tax returns in time for Obama to use them against him, but not in time for Newt and the others to use them against him.

His possible mistake here is, of course, bypassing the debates. If he thinks he can sit on a lead, he might want to talk to Bush-43 regarding his 5 to 10 point lead a week before the 2000 election, and his strategy of his last week of his campaign (which, believe it or not, had a victory lap through Texas the last weekend...that was stopped at the last minute).

What makes the debates tough for Romney now is that Huntsman isn’t there to prop him up and take take some of the questions. Romney’s out on his own and he’s finding the Republican Party not very receptive.

[DH]

Romney does not have to debate at all. The reason? He has already been anointed by the RINO GOP and the “fix is in” on the selection of our next Republican presidential selectee.

Everyone needs to give their money to his campaign and go home. Nothing more to see here.

/Sarc

[Hattie]

We are all sick of debates.