well, i ve always said or i ve said a lot over the years the greatest debate tactic is from the defensive position. in past debates, newt gingrich was always able to score points simply by going after the media, whoever was with him there. last night, he had wolf blitzer to tangle with and he lost. take a look at what happened when blitzer asked newt if he was satisfied with the transparency about mitt romney s tax returns which the governor released earlier this week. let s watch this back and forth, which had become a losing battle for the media. here s wolf standing up for his craft against, well, a guy who s trying to bully him. this is a nonsense question. [ applause ] how about if the four of us agree for the rest of the evening we ll talk about issues mr. speaker, you made an issue of this this week when you said that he lives in a world of
he s learned how to play the bull. and to show a little emotion. you know, one of the raps on mitt romney has been that he doesn t reveal very much of himself. he s kind of a stiff guy. but that wasn t the case in that answer. luckily for mitt romney, that was the first question out of the box last night on immigration. he was able to turn to this attack on newt gingrich that i m sure had been planned. had been rehearsed. but it came off as strong. newt gingrich, who ought have expected an exchange like that did not seem prepared to come back at him. i ve said a lot over the years, i think the greatest debate tactic or tact nick politics is the attack from a defensive position. people tend to root for people who are defending their reputations. in past debates, of course, newt gingrich was always able to score points by going after the media. last night, he had wolf blitzer to tagle with and he lost. blitzer asked newt if he was satisfied with the transparency
did not seem prepared to come back at him. well, i ve always said or i ve said a lot over the years the greatest debate tactic is from the defensive position. in past debates, newt gingrich was always able to score points simply by going after the media, whoever was with him there. last night, he had wolf blitzer to tangle with and he lost. take a look at what happened when blitzer asked newt if he was satisfied with the transparency about mitt romney s tax returns which the governor released earlier this week. let s watch this back and forth, which had become a losing battle for the media. here s wolf standing up for his craft against, well, a guy who s trying to bully him. this is a nonsense question. [ applause ] how about if the four of us agree for the rest of the evening we ll talk about issues mr. speaker, you made an issue of this this week when you said that he lives in a world of
position, and he tricked him with a debate tactic. a classic debate moment that no one will give him any votes for. you know what i took away from that along with what you just said is that maybe in an earlier debate, mitt romney would have lost his cool. tonight, he tonight he kept his come know sur on that one. kris taul ystal krystal? he s feeling confident. if you look at the optics of that, rick santorum looks like he has the win. he looks like he backs mitt romney into the corner. so they have the optic of rick santorum taking it to mitt romney. not much tonight, if anything, on evangelical christians and the power of their vote, unless i missed pit ron paul wants zero percent income tax. he wants to keep all the military bases just bring them home, but he doesn t know how to pay for it. this is one i thought was very entertaining. well, we should have the lowest tax that we ve ever had, and up until 1913, it was zero
position, and he tricked him with a debate tactic. a classic debate moment that no one will give him any votes for. you know what i took away from that along with what you just said is that maybe in an earlier debate, mitt romney would have lost his cool. tonight, he tonight he kept his come know sur on that one. kris taysta krystal? he s feeling confident. if you look at the optics of that, rick santorum looks like he has the win. he looks like he backs mitt romney into the corner. so they have the optic of rick santorum taking it to mitt romney. not much tonight, if anything, on evangelical christians and the power of their vote, unless i missed pit ron paul wants zero percent income tax. he wants to keep all the military bases just bring them home, but he doesn t know how to pay for it. this is one i thought was very entertaining. well, we should have the lowest tax that we ve ever had,