Fred Barnes weighs in:
If a debate more than four months before the first vote is cast can influence the outcome of a presidential nomination race, the debate last night among eight Republicans should aid Mitt Romney’s candidacy. Seldom has there been as clear a winner.
Romney was crisp and succinct, prepared and focused, and aggressive in going after his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Texas governor Rick Perry, when he needed to be. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, showed once again that he’s a far better candidate now than he was four years ago.
considering that 4 years ago he lost to mccain, that's not a high bar to pass. also, i don't know what debate fred watched, but virtually every comment i have seen on the net tonight said perry held his own but the real winner was NEWT. no one cared about romney.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusecould not disagree more...
"no one cared about romney" is silly and hardly serious.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThen you may want to read something written by someone with brains! Mitt took Perry down and did it with class! Rick Perry acts like a car salesman/preacher who tries to sound smart by making statements with goofy wording, then looks around to see if anyone is laughing. What a dummy! Mitt is the only one who can beat Obama. He's actually intelligent.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusenews flash: romney lover loves romney.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEveryone loves comedy and humor.
But the juvenile nature is so embarrassing, it makes a parody of the offering and those who do it.
It isn't conservatism.
If one said, "Palin lover loves Palin" it would be the same mindless attack which one encounters from the playground as a 5 year old. It isn't attractive or healthy. Just pushes the other way.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOld fan, nice to see you back on a romney thread.
You may want to check a bit below this in the thread where I busted one of your romney astroturfers posting the same exact thing here as a female (sheryl) and at hot air as a male (joncoltonis).
And I have screen shots in case they just happen to 'disappear'.
BTW, Hot air already had a notorious romney poster named sheryl - funny that 'she' couldn't have posted that under 'her' own name, huh?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt sure is taking NRO a long time to declare Rick Perry the winner tonight. A little bit harder to find some rationale for saying that this time. I'm sure someone here will find a way to spin it for Perry.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, showed once again that he’s a far better candidate now than he was four years ago."
One would hope that after 4 years of campaigning, he would improve.
Romney - the professional candidate.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHe's getting so good at it that he could run as a democrat against president perry in 2016, touting his experience of running against rick perry.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLOL !
As opposed to a life long politician who worked for Al Gore?
The fashion and bias is vivid.
Romney's professionalism stems from the private sector, he is clearly talking in serious terms like a very typical - proven - sound CEO from the Free Market.
It is ironic, as we see the fashionable devotees dedicated now to another contradiction. I was open to all prior to the Primary, but repeatedly warned against the fashion which vilified a Free Market success like Romney, and especially disagreed with those who vapidly said he is "DOA" in the Primary.
Perry is showing his true background as a Governmental offering, a professional politician whom we know because of his life in Government. The Public Sector offering is showing the predictable contradictions we have encountered with all being hyped as the perfect "ideal". It is the fashion which is lost, not serious, objective, reasoned, down to earth, honest, fair, etc.
Romney is winning the debates again, just he did vs. McCain, Huckabee, Thompson, Rudy, etc., because of his excellence developed via the Private Sector - it is clear. So far, he shows he is the best and most prepared on the Stage to win the day in the General and do the enormous job in cleaning up the mess Democratic Partisans have made.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf he's such a great businessman, how come his campaigns has such lousy astroturfers?
They've been caught red handed now. If anyone bothered to look (you reading this, perry staffers?) they'd be able to spot countless examples of identical or similar talking points on similar message boards.
That certainly would be interesting, wouldn't it, old fan?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWell it's about time we had a President with those qualifications! You're exactly right! Mitt Romney, is the man with the brains, success (this comes from practice) and ability to take Odumma down and turn this country around! You see, "practice makes perfect"
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseFred's been in the beltway too long. He probably admires the part of Mitt's hair like David Brooks swoons over Obama's crease. Mitt comes across to most as an insincere pol who would say anything to get elected. That's why he has flatlined in the polls.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRick Perry should never be on the same stage with Obama in a debate, he can’t debate worth a wit unless he has the crowd with him (and boy did they turn on him).
If you look how Romney handled his weakness (healthcare) in front of an unsympathetic crowd versus the way Perry handled his weakness’ (immigration, executive order) the difference is just night & day.
Mitt stayed on message, professional, intelligent, handsome.
Perry looked like a dirty politician offended that he would only take 5K to bribe him. And Perry’s whole immigration stance was just awful, rightfully booed. To imply that someone’s last name is why people are against giving in-state tuition....is he implying racism.....bad Perry.
By the end, Perry just looked bedraggled and like a deer caught in the headlights.
Mitt walked away unruffled.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOh look, sheryl's back! Guess the latest talking points went out.
BTW, you forgot to mention how Reaganlike romney was.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseRomney was SOOOOOO.....Reaganlike! There you go Beau! Now watch him win. : )
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSheryl, it's strange that your name is Sheryl when someone named 'joncoltis' just posted the exact same thing at hot air:
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Rick Perry should never be on the same stage with Obama in a debate, he can’t debate worth a wit unless he has the crowd with him (and boy did they turn on him).
If you look how Romney handled his weakness (healthcare) in front of an unsympathetic crowd versus the way Perry handled his weakness’ (immigration, executive order) the difference is just night & day.
Mitt stayed on message,intelligent, professional, handsome.
Perry looked like a dirty politician offended that Michelle implied it would only take 5K to bribe him. And Perry’s whole immigration stance was just awful, rightfully booed. To imply that someone’s last name is why people are against giving in-state tuition….again is he implying racist motives…bad Perry.
By the end, Perry just looked bedraggled and like a deer in the headlights. Mitt walked away unruffled.
joncoltonis on September 13, 2011 at 1:06 AM
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Looks like the astroturf brigade needs to get their names straight
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThat may be the case, but "Sheryl's" points are accurate nonetheless.
NO WAY NO HOW is this crusty old lifelong conservative going to support Perry.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe "crusty old lifelong conservative" ain't really conservative then.
A non-vote for Perry (if he's the nominee) is a vote FOR Obama. Let me know how that works out for ya.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou said it perfectly! Exactly right!
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