The only Republican candidate who responded fast on his feet, clear and decisively like that was Romney (I know a lot of people don’t like him on a lot of issues - but it’s the truth: We need a candidate who can SPEAK and keep focused. *Hear* what I’m saying.)
I totally agree. Was so glad to see Romney’s face on TV yesterday. Unlike most of our Republican ‘leaders’, Romney is not afraid of rude Democrats’ mouthy lies.
I agree with your premise. The democrats have successfully labeled the Republican party as ‘anti-intellectual’ (e.g. Day Quayle is stupid, Reagan was stupid, Bush is stupid, etc., etc.). This has to be addressed. The best way to address this is by arguing publicly with hard facts, and to do it eloquently and with confidence, just like Bibi did. Every interview, and I mean just about EVERY interview, should be thought of as a battle in a war, and approached exactly that way. The goal when talking to the liberal media should always and foremost be to embarrass them into silence, and it should be done respectfully and with a smile. Palin’s handlers didn't understand until too late that they were in a war with the media. By the time they started fighting back it was too late. The hopefully short-term damage to her image had already been done.
I know it’s been a few years now, but anybody who had the misfortune to follow the Kennedy vs. Romney campaign for Senate back in ‘94 will never be able to trust Romney. He ran like a scared bunny rabbit from the Boston Globe and the rest of the Democrat press in Massholechusetts and ended up pleading that he was just as liberal as Ted.
It was head-shakingly disgusting.