Thursday, January 24, 2008

Romney slips up late in the debate

"I'm not concerned about the voters, I am concerned about the guys on this stage," Mitt Romney said as he refused to give specifics on how much of his own money he has spent campaigning in Florida.

Romney said, "I am by far the biggest contributor to this campaign."
Questioner Tim Russert asked Romney whether he was going to be perceived as buying the election. Romney sidestepped the question.

Before the question, Romney appeared to be having a solid debate.

John McCain has made no missteps so far and, in fact, came out strong when asked about his differences with his fellow Republicans. He noted some of the boondoggles he had stopped by opposing others from his own party and said, "I will put my country ahead of my party every time."

Rudy Giuliani has not done badly, but has not had much of an opportunity to break out. He compared his campaign to the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants football team and said his competition was overlooking him. They may have good reason to do so, though I would not count Giuliani out.

Mike Huckabee has taken advantage of every opportunity he has been given and has managed a few good one-liners, and is finishing strong with an impassioned plea for his fair tax proposal and a humorous shot at Romney, praising the former Massachusetts governor's five sons and saying their future could be provided for by electing Huckabee president and allowing Romney to pass his fortune along to his sons.

Rep. Ron Paul has been Rep. Ron Paul, and that about sums his performance up.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ron Paul is the smartest man on the stage. Mike Huckabee is the only one who understands what it means to be poor.

Anonymous said...

Romney didn't slip up. The question was if he was concerned about the voter’s view of his contributions to his own campaign. He said he wasn't concerned about the voters having a negative view of his donations to his own campaigning. He clearly and accurately believes that most voters want a candidate who is invested in his own campaign. His concern is with defeating those on the stage with him, not voter’s views of his self funding. This is no slip up or error but a good answer. Why am I not surprised that Turner would try to take something out of context and twist it. Isn’t it interesting that none of the commentators on MSNBC, none of them, saw a slip up but Randy imagined one and then declared it! Inspector Clouseau strikes again!