It's just the "news" media's spin because they know they couldn't filter Romney through their Republicans-are-bad filter last night for all the debate viewers. What people saw last night was the real honest-to-gosh Mitt Romney, and it scares the living daylights out of the "news" media.
I've been saying this for months. Whenever a bad poll for Romney pops up, the bed wetters here on FR would begin wringing their hands, telling us what Romney needed to do. And I'd respond by telling them to listen to a Romney stump speech. He's been absolutely excoriating on our Dear Leader. I don't know exactly how Romney will govern if elected, but the meme here on FR that he's the same as Obama can be laid to rest. We saw the glaringly stark differences last night---and so did much of America.
The trump card was craftily played on Tuesday evening.
The 47% was not used because of that. I am sure that was what Obama planned to use to set the evening off and put Romney on defense.
It was taken away last minute because the trump card would have destroyed the 47% percent meme.
I believe that Romney would have used it. Obviously, the Obama camp already knew it watching Romney in the primaries.
Romney may look like he wouldn’t use it, but they knew he would.