Posted on 09/28/2012 11:38:21 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
On MSNBC's "The Ed Show" tonight, DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) severely downplayed any expectations one might have of President Obama at his first debate with Mitt Romney.
Wasserman Schultz called Romney an "experienced and skilled debater," that he has done severe debate prep and that the incumbent has lost to his challenger in the first debate in previous election cycles.
"Let's not discount the fact that Mitt Romney is an experienced and skilled debater," Wasserman Schultz said to Ed while discussing the upcoming debate next week.
"Keep in mind though, he's a pretty decent closer, and he's had a lot of time to prepare for these debates. During the Democratic National Convention, reportedly he did a week of debate prep camp, he's gone through 48 hours and done five debate practices," Wasserman Schultz said in response to host Ed Schultz, who said Romney has been all over the place politically.
"President Obama has been practicing but he's got a day job and he's been trying to balance that," she added.
"He's going to be prepared -- just coming on to the stage with the President of the United States gives you some gravitas right there," the Congresswoman said.
"Five out of the last six first debates in a presidential campaign, the challenger was declared the winner. So let's just keep in mind that we can't take anything for granted. We're focused on the ground game, we've got 40 days to go," Wasserman Schultz noted.
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William B. J. Clinton: Master Debater or simply a Cunning Linguist?
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I’m rollin on the floor.
This is the best response I have ever seen on FR.
Wow, just wow!
Lets not lose sight of the fact that Obummer’s track record is a veritable banquet of ammo for Mitt.
I hope Freepers don’t fall to this trap. Politics is a game of expectations. They try to hype Romney’s debate ability that if he does good but not excellent,they will say “Romney’s performance is off” and “Obama is unexpectedly great today”.
DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz admits Zer0 is going to bomb on debates.
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Yeah, sure. It will be Mr. Narrator vs. Mr. Romney who has faced off in many settings. Mr. Narrator is famous for walking away when being forced to make an argument...
I’m praying Romney leave him a figurative smoking crater.’’
If the Willard of the primaries shows up, its over.
AFAIK, I believe that I am the originator. I was using it in 1992 at the water cooler discussions.
He’s a no-show for the debates.....Why would he come? His constituency will just say the debates are “rascist oppression” ....which the heterophobic MSM will parrot on the evening news.
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