No suprise at all to those of us who know Mitt. He’s a very good at debates, very charismatic. How do you think he’s managed to raise so much money so far. He’s great at charming the groups who he speaks to.
Andy’smom, did you see Mitt debate Shannon O’Brien? That was a great debate and it supposedly wasn’t looking good for Mitt going into that debate. He is an excellent debater and very charismatic. As Chris Wallace said on the Howie Carr show...he’s an enormously handsome man! I kinda have a man-crush on him. Chris was not happy Howie played that cut in his radio show intros....He finally talked to Howie about it but has never been back on the show since.
Because Americans will vote much more on "feel" rather than "think", (charisma vs. issues). It was this way in 1960, in 1976, particularly in 1980/84, and again in 1988, not to mention 1992 and 1996, and then 2000 and 2004. In each case, the less charismatic person lost, not necessarily a battle over policy.