“I think the same people behind McCain’s campaign must have led Mitt wrong. He didn’t hit back at Obama on so many levels, thinking a positive campaign was going to do the trick. Be the nice guy, blah,blah, blah. That worked so well for McCain as well.”
Mitt was in trouble until the first debate but you can’t just put everything on one debate. I remember Newt vs Mitt. Oh Newt would be so amazing for debates. He wins SC after a great debate. For the next debate, there was no audience and Newt fell flat. He complained and the MSM gave him the audience that he asked for...except that it was stacked with RNC establishment types who cheered for Romney. Goodbye Newt.
Well, they did the same trick with Romney. They adjusted the format so that Obama would have a comeback.
>>>>”They adjusted the format so that Obama would have a comeback.”
Which leads me to a question I’ve always wanted to ask:
Why does the GOP accept the formats and moderator choices from the Debate Commission? What would happen if they just said “no”, or if they insisted on a moderator like, e.g., Brit Hume or Bret Baier?