romney was damaged by the proliferation, 2 it debates he had to go through. what would you do to the calendar? look, i would have less primary debates. like streams of cars trying to go through a tunnel. it creates a lot of headaches for candidates. what s the right amount of debates? i don t know what the right amount is, but 20 strikes me 20 was too much. as too many. well, there you had it. eight people overall. 90 minutes, one stapling. it was, well, just like the republican primary debates, so we ve got much more from axelrod, fehrnstrom and all the other top campaign strategists coming up at the bottom of the hour. up next, we ll introduce you to the florida democrat who ousted senate marco rubio s friend from the house and now at the center of debate over immigration. and part of our meet the new member series. it continues with congressman joe garcia and today s politics planner. busy day. got the postal service announcement. the president meets with senate de
that s exactly what happened. in nevada, when they got to that disastrous debate prep in nevada, we report this 1:30-minute session was just a shellacking in which kerry got right into obama s face and called him a failure repeatedly. they had expected it would arouse obama, wake him up, but it didn t. forever trying to figure out why obama was looking down at his table for taking notes. for what? future debates? let me go to john on this one. i m being sarcastic because it drove me crazy. because he is so smart, the president. why are the romney people, who had all these incredibly paid staffers, the highest paid in the history of national campaigning, fehrnstrom seemed smart, neil newhouse, and they got the whole thing wrong. they told the guy he was going win. what happened at the end? you first, john. that. emphatically thought they were going to win. if anybody tells you that we didn t think we were going to win, they re lying to you. the candidate thought they were going to w
in nevada, when they got to that disastrous debate prep in nevada, we report this 1:30-minute session was just a shellacking in which kerry got right into obama s face and called him a failure repeatedly. they had expected it would arouse obama, wake him up, but it didn t. forever trying to figure out why obama was looking down at his table for taking notes. for what? future debates? let me go to john on this one. i m being sarcastic because it drove me crazy. because he is so smart, the president. why are the romney people, who had all these incredibly paid staffers, the highest paid in the history of national campaigning, fehrnstrom seemed smart, neil newhouse, and they got the whole thing wrong. they told the guy he was going win. what happened at the end? you first, john. that. emphatically thought they were going to win. if anybody tells you that we didn t think we were going to win, they re lying to you. the candidate thought they were going to win. mrs. romney thought they w
debate. clain and axelrod and plouffe came up to kerry saying you got to start hitting this guy. that s what happened. and in nevada when they got to that disastrous debate prep in nevada, you know, we report that this one 30-minute session was just a shellacking in which they called him a failure repeatedly. they hoped it to waken him up, but it didn t. i will never forget while he was taking notes. for future debates? it drove me crazy. because the president is so smart. why would the romney people who had the highest paid staffers in the history of national campaigning, they re all big business pros. fehrnstrom always seemed start. they told this guy he was going to win. what happened? you first. they emphatically thought they were going to win.
that we don t get it. i don t think anything is artful about it. i think part of the problem is there s this presumption by the candidate that if you can just be quiet about everything and not talk about records or policy, people will buy it through november. just don t talk about it, don t ask about it, don t ask, don t tell. remember, it was fehrnstrom who said the etch-a-sketch moment. you twist the little dials, things appear during the primary season, and it seems as though someone right now, as you said, they re doing a big reset right now, the romney campaign. someone is jumping up and down and erasing the etch-a-sketch thinking that after labor day when folks are finally focused on the presidential campaign, they will be looking at a blank screen. i don t think this this was at best endearingly clumsy. it was not doesn t it secretly i guess not to belabor this point, it s more than endearingly