Same one as these people:
Here is a video of McCain tanking on the focus group dial:
http://www.wmur.com/video/14986683/index.html
Now Romney soaring here:
http://www.wmur.com/video/14986506/index.html
and here:
http://www.wmur.com/video/14986296/index.htm
And these people:
Fox News Dick Morris: I thought that Mitt Romney won the debate. (Fox News Live, 1/5/08)
Morris: You have to see this debate in two contexts. Partly, its a popularity contest but partly its an audition to see whos the toughest fighter, to see who would be the best boxer in the ring with Hillary or with Obama. Then he came across hands down as the toughest boxer. (Fox News Live, 1/5/08)
Morris: I really felt fundamentally Romney really made the field. (Fox News Live, 1/5/08)
National Reviews Jonathan Adler: At his best, [Romney] was persuasive and presidential. (Jonathan Adler, Re: Spin Room, National Reviews The Corner, http://corner.nationalreview.com=, Posted 1/5/08)
National Reviews Kathryn Jean Lopez: Romney showed a steadiness under fire, sounded like a guy who knows what hes talking about on a number of issues, and introduced more of his biography than he has at debates. I thought Romneys performance was a good start to a weekend of debates where he had to do well if he does very well tomorrow night, kicking it up a notch, he might show hes a turnaround artist yet in this primary process. (Kathryn Jean Lopez, I Second The Levin Emotion, National Reviews The Corner Blog, http://corner.nationalreview.com/, Posted 1/5/08)
The Atlantics Marc Ambinder: And Romney is in his wheelhouse. Hes been very strong so far and seems very eager to get in on every question, but his answers arent forced. The Real Mitt Romney (Marc Ambinder, Health Care, The Atlantic Blog, http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/, Posted 1/5/08)
Commentarys John Podhoretz: Mitt Romney is the most impressive performer this evening, striking a judicious tone of urgency and fluency. (John Podhoretz, New Hampshire: Halfway Through, Commentary Blog, http://www.commentarymagazine.com, Posted 1/5/08)
Podhoretz: But as a matter of performance solely, he is far and away the best and hes delivered it when he needed it most. (John Podhoretz, New Hampshire: Halfway Through, Commentary Blog, http://www.commentarymagazine.com, Posted 1/5/08)
National Reviews Mark Levin: I thought Romney actually held up pretty well, given the onslaught. (Mark R. Levin, The Debate, National Reviews The Corner Blog, http://corner.nationalreview.com/, Posted 1/5/08)
Riehl World Views Dan Riehl: If you were looking for substance across the board on issues, I think Romney was the clear winner in tonights debate. McCains well-known temperament problems lingered barely below the surface much of the evening, especially when someone dared disagree with him. Except of course, for his hugs for Hillary and slaps on the back for Fred. This is a change election and old hands from the Senate will not get it done. (Dan Riehl, ABC Debate: It Was Romneys Night, Riehl World View Blog, www.riehlworldview.com, Posted 1/5/08)
Riehl: Ive been watching the debate on ABC. I guess we can dispense with the nice guy image for Huckabee. He came out with one agenda - attack Romney. Romney handled it well. And as everyone else was on point and not looking to just attack, it left Huckabee looking like a jerk. Maybe he needs bookshelves floating behind him to make the nice guy image work? Just a thought. (Dan Riehl, The Republican Debate, Riehl World View Blog, www.riehlworldview.com, Posted 1/5/07)
Interesting to see in those clips how closely the Republican and Independent responses stream until and whenever the military is mentioned: the independents always fall back down then.
They’re right with the Republicans for any talk of the greatness of our country and protecting it and its values, but at the mention of the military, they drop right down. The mention of using soft power and resources to effect change in the Middle East brings them back up with the Republican response, but again, mention of the military sends them back down again.