More like, he figured his talking points against McCain would work against ROmney, only problem is, Romney is a whole lot more energetic, healthy, and capable than McCain is or was, ooops! On the other hand, Romney was a long-term businessman, and like it or not, competitive businessmen read people like Sherlock Holmes reads evidence in a case, I wouldn’t be surprised if Romney admitted to listening and watching just about every speech Obama gave just to analyze him and measure him up, because it sure appeared that way. In fact, he seemed, no, HE KNEW, more than Obama about his own policies during that debate.
>>More like, he figured his talking points against McCain would work against ROmney
He can’t have believed that (well, actually there’s no telling what he might believe!) because in 2008 he was running against Bush. Now he actually has a record of his own that he has to run FROM.