and affluence. it does not equate an absence of empathy as he says in the case of health care law in massachusetts. that does not void you of concern for common man or require you to have the assumption that those who are not successful, let s say, the 47%, are not wealthy because they are not doing something right and you are wealthy because you have this magic touch or somehow you worked harder than the guy who lives on the other side of the tracks. that s the problem. the problem with governor romney is not that he s a heartless man or a beast or a mean guy. it s his view of how people should succeed. everybody should lift him or herself up by their bootstraps, even if they can t afford boots, they should work hard, save their money, start a small business. if they don t have the money to go to college, they should borrow it from their parents.
check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they re this season s must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. big names in sports are throwing their names behind their candidates. john elway was with governor romney last night. i get the opportunity to introduce to you the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. and new york jets owner woody johnson, a tough fund-raiser for governor romney. he was asked yesterday if he d rather have a winning season for his team or see romney in the white house. he said, quote, i think you always have to put country first. so i think it s very, very
been rehearsing. they ve been sitting or standing on mock stages. they ve been memorizing lines. they have onpponents acting the part. yet, the trick is to use a consciously theatrical process to convey sincerity. it s tough. if there is a winner, it s going to be the person who does that. absolutely. you say that there are three things that can happen at the debate for romney, and two of them will get him in trouble with his party. what do you mean by that? well, he can be above the fray. this is what he was. act presidential and calm. this is how he won most of his primary debates. number two, he can emphasize all those issues that people say they want to learn about, and he can be very wonky.
think he ll let them answer the questions they want. he s going to have to do that. at the same time, the challenge for president obama is not simply get bogged down in the details of his answer, but to then spin around and frame his answer as an attack, if you will, on governor romney and his lack of specifics and an agenda. you have to weave and bob at the same time. that s what a good debater does. let me bring in anne. is this a good strategy. you say you promised you would create 1 million new manufacturing jobs and hiring 100,000 math and science teachers and he talked about the jobs bill blokd by republicans and transportation bill blocked by republicans. is that the follow-up? how do you break this fever if it exists to a second term? i think chris is right. i think he has to do that to a certain extent. we saw the idea of running against congress work well in the past. congress has a lower approval
much about, that s a message he s sending specifically to them. he s trying to walk and chew gum at the same time clearly. whether the people on the conservative end are mollified, they truly believe he s a conservatives and whether the moderates believe he s on their side, that s a balancing act we ll have to see whether he pulls off. eugene robinson in the washington post wrote this. which mitt will show up at the denver debate. he has to erase the impressions left by all the mitt romneys we met earlier and he has to reveal a coherent person, one whom voters imagine as a leader. to eugene s point. how many times can you reintroduce yourself to voters, especially 36 days out now. i enjoyed eugene column. i like what brooks wrote in the new york times on the same theme. brooks wrote an opening statement for romney to deliver