[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yesterday afternoon Mitt Romney was all for debates when asked by Sean Hannity [during his radio show] his feeling about debates -- it let's the voters see who you are.

Then on "The Five" Dana Perino was suggesting is was time for the debates to go away (while lifting her mask quite a bit while discussing Newt Gingrich's ex-wife, and more honestly revealing her support for Romney).

[Tennessee Nana]

of course not...

He doesnt want whats left of his butt to be handed to him..

[TexasFreeper2009]

hm... interesting tactical move by Romney if he follows through.

Newt gets most of his momentum and support from the debates, if Romney simply refused to do anymore... that might be a problem.

of course I guess they could still have Newt debate Paul... but that would be pretty sad.

[clee1]

Poor Mittens is running scared. GOOD!

Mitt Romney wound be every bit as bad for our Nation as YoBama has been.

[109ACS]

This is just a preview of what we’ll get after Newt wins the nomination. Osama will be shuckin’ and jivin’ and making all kinds of excuses why he can’t debate Newt. No one wants to debate Newt. The only person in the world capable of standing up to Newt is Chuck Norris and even Chuck Norris endorsed Newt.

Newt would win a presidential debate without even showing up!

The word “debate” did not exist before Newt created it.

[109ACS]

[kjo]

People...is it not clear to you at this point that Romney will lose in November??? Was it not clear that McCain would lose??? The MSM is going to reelect Obama if they are able. He is their product.

Romney is being set up to lose. Gingrich might lose too, but he will take the liberal media down first.

I’m for Newt simply on that basis.

[RoosterRedux]

He has refused to debate Newt mano-a-mano before because he whined that it would be unfair to the other candidates.

Hard to avoid it when he and Newt are the last men standing.

[lonestar]

Dana Perino is a walking ad for Romney and has been from the gitgo.

She is from the Bush-Rove elitist groupies.

[Beagle8U]

If Mutt refuses to debate Gingrich again in Fla, every question he gets from the media from now until the Fla primary with will start out with...” Are you afraid to debate Newt?”

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Then on "The Five" Dana Perino was suggesting is was time for the debates to go away (while lifting her mask quite a bit while discussing Newt Gingrich's ex-wife, and more honestly revealing her support for Romney).

Yah got that right.

Any wonder that Perino would be a RINO when considering who she worked for; the consummate, "Compassionate Conservative" George Boosh?

Any semblance of her being "objective"--never mind conservative--went out the window a long time ago.

[dennisw]

Mitt gives off flighty and indecisive vibes. Newt is grounded as in gravitas. It would take a larger man to knock Newt over than Mitt.

[presently no screen name]

"Romney can't claim that he's prepared to debate (President Barack) Obama if he's not prepared to debate Newt Gingrich," the former House speaker said. "So I'm confident he'll be there Monday night."

LOL! One just has to love the way he smacks the baby on the behind!

C'mom mitt, time to get up and go to work. It's Monday - no calling in sick or taking a personal day. Newt just took the silver spoon out of your mouth! Your backstabbing ad$ aren't going to do your work for you nor your insider friend$ looking for political favor.

For such an 'outsider', you have way too many friends inside. So scratch the outsider/businessman tactic.

[Pollster1]

When danger rears its ugly head, Sir Romney bravely runs away. I'm not sure why he thinks that will endear him to republican voters, but he's not a conservative, so I suppose he doesn't understand us well. Or perhaps he's trying to lock up the far left of our party, in which case cowardice may be a perfect strategy. We know what happens when he goes on stage with Newt, so he's better off being himself and hiding.

[NautiNurse]

Interesting tidbit--Last night 6PM NBC local Tampa news ran this story, adding that NBC had pulled the debate from the schedule and replaced it with Fear Factor and Rock Center.

Thirty minutes later, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams said the debate would be aired on NBC. Either somebody forgot to tell Williams the debate he is moderating will not be aired on his network, or the news was taped before the decision was made.

Either way, the debate is not currently on the network programming schedule for Monday night.

[FrankR]

[xzins]

Florida voters will perceive Romney avoiding debates as serious weakness that goes to the heart of electability.

I certainly would.

If Romney’s afraid to get in the ring, then why would I want him to be my main contender against Obama?

Fear is fear, and Romney fear is still fear.