Where's Willard?

[Bo-4]

Hiding out in Vermont practicing for the debates.. and who's playing Obama?

None other than Mr. Charisma, Rob Portman! :lol:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...ed32ce-f7b9-11e1-a93b-7185e3f88849_story.html

 

[GordonGecko]

Mitt's in Vermont practicing for debates.....while pulling his ad buys from Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Again...did the DNC infiltrate the Romney campaign and replace their staff with Democratic plants?!?!?

 

[NightSwimmer]

If he's smart, he's working on a plan to skip the debates. He'd get a far better bounce out of not showing up.

Maybe he could get Clint's chair to sit in for him?

 

[Bo-4]

If he's smart, he's working on a plan to skip the debates. He'd get a far better bounce out of not showing up.

Maybe he could get Clint's chair to sit in for him?

He's not very bright.. so he'll be there looking like a deer in the headlights.

Rob Portman as Barack Obama *giggle*

 

[Bo-4]

Another prediction: After seeing Obama's 6 point convention bump and Willard's horrendous performance in the first debate, all the big sugar-daddies like Adelson will stop writing checks.

 

[GordonGecko]

Be interesting if Romney is watching "game tapes" of the President versus McCain in 2008.....and seeing how badly Grampy Grumpy did.

and the President is watching "game tapes" of Romney versus...Newt....and seeing how badly Mitt did against the Gingrich.

 

[Bo-4]

Be interesting if Romney is watching "game tapes" of the President versus McCain in 2008.....and seeing how badly Grampy Grumpy did.

and the President is watching "game tapes" of Romney versus...Newt....and seeing how badly Mitt did against the Gingrich.

Yeppa, Newt pretty much kicked his ass several times by pulling him off script. BHO needs to study that process with great care!

Question: Who do you think will be a better stand-in for debate practices? Kerry as Romney or Portman as Obama?

 

[GordonGecko]

Yeppa, Newt pretty much kicked his ass several times by pulling him off script. BHO needs to study that process with great care!

Question: Who do you think will be a better stand-in for debate practices? Kerry as Romney or Portman as Obama?

Kerry will probably get tough with Obama, doing a mirror-image of his own politics, but with the experience as to "how to debate an incumbent President"....also with TIPS on how Obama can use some Dubya tricks used in 2004.

Portman strikes me as the kind of guy who'll lob Mitt softballs and Romney will call them "100mph curveballs" and act like he's The Bambino for "hitting them out of the park".....thus the REAL debates will come as surprise to him.

 

[Bo-4]

I fully expect Obama to have at least one Lloyd Benson moment.

Kerry will probably get tough with Obama, doing a mirror-image of his own politics, but with the experience as to "how to debate an incumbent President"....also with TIPS on how Obama can use some Dubya tricks used in 2004.

Portman strikes me as the kind of guy who'll lob Mitt softballs and Romney will call them "100mph curveballs" and act like he's The Bambino for "hitting them out of the park".....thus the REAL debates will come as surprise to him.

 

[degsme]

Mitt's in Vermont practicing for debates.....while pulling his ad buys from Pennsylvania and Michigan.

538 analysis says both are lost causes - these were states that Romney was supposed to be competitive in... and Obama is UP BY SEVEN with even Rassy saying its Up By 6....

HEck on the Rassy EC scoreboard they are now "Leans Obama"...


Pennsylvania

FiveThirtyEight Projections	Dem	Rep	Margin
Polling average	48.5	41.5	Obama +7.0
Adjusted polling average	48.5	41.5	Obama +7.0
State fundamentals	49.5	43.2	Obama +6.3
Now-cast	49.4	42.6	Obama +6.8
Projected vote share±5.0	52.9	45.8	Obama +7.1
Chance of winning	92%	8%

Polls	538 WT.	Date	Dem	Rep	Margin
Philadelphia Inquirer		8/23	51.0	42.0	Obama +9.0
Muhlenberg		8/22	49.0	40.0	Obama +9.0
Franklin & Marshall		8/12	47.0	42.0	Obama +5.0
The New York Times/Quinnipiac		7/30	53.0	42.0	Obama +11.0
Susquehanna		7/23	46.0	43.0	Obama +3.0
PPP		7/23	49.0	43.0	Obama +6.0
Rasmussen		7/18	48.0	44.0	Obama +4.0
We Ask America		7/10	47.0	40.0	Obama +7.0
Quinnipiac		6/25	45.0	39.0	Obama +6.0
Quinnipiac		6/10	46.0	40.0	Obama +6.0
Franklin & Marshall		6/4	48.0	36.0	Obama +12.0
Rasmussen		5/21	47.0	41.0	Obama +6.0
PPP		5/20	50.0	42.0	Obama +8.0
Quinnipiac		5/1	47.0	39.0	Obama +8.0
Morning Call		4/1	45.0	40.0	Obama +5.0
Quinnipiac		3/26	45.0	42.0	Obama +3.0
Quinnipiac		3/12	46.0	40.0	Obama +6.0
PPP		3/11	49.0	42.0	Obama +7.0
Rasmussen		2/23	45.0	44.0	Obama +1.0
Morning Call		2/21	48.0	37.0	Obama +11.0
Franklin & Marshall		2/20	41.0	33.0	Obama +8.0
Susquehanna		2/6	43.0	45.0	Romney +2.0
Morning Call		12/7	45.0	41.0	Obama +4.0
Quinnipiac		12/5	46.0	43.0	Obama +3.0
PPP		11/20	45.0	45.0	Tie
SurveyUSA		11/10	44.0	44.0	Tie
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Michigan

FiveThirtyEight Projections	Dem	Rep	Margin
Polling average	47.7	44.7	Obama +3.0
Adjusted polling average	49.7	42.6	Obama +7.1
State fundamentals	51.7	40.7	Obama +11.0
Now-cast	50.4	42.4	Obama +8.0
Projected vote share±5.3	53.5	45.2	Obama +8.3
Chance of winning	94%	6%

Polls	538 WT.	Date	Dem	Rep	Margin
PPP		9/2	51.0	44.0	Obama +7.0
EPIC/MRA		8/28	49.0	46.0	Obama +3.0
Mitchell		8/23	47.0	47.0	Tie
Glengariff Group		8/20	47.5	42.0	Obama +5.5
FMW/Baydoun Consulting		8/16	43.9	47.7	Romney +3.8
Mitchell		8/13	49.0	44.0	Obama +5.0
EPIC/MRA		7/31	48.0	42.0	Obama +6.0
Rasmussen		7/23	48.0	42.0	Obama +6.0
Mitchell		7/23	44.0	45.0	Romney +1.0
PPP		7/23	53.0	39.0	Obama +14.0
NBC/Marist		6/25	47.0	43.0	Obama +4.0
Mitchell		6/18	47.0	46.0	Obama +1.0
We Ask America		6/18	43.0	45.0	Romney +2.0
Rasmussen		6/14	50.0	42.0	Obama +8.0
FMW/Baydoun Consulting		6/12	46.8	45.4	Obama +1.4
EPIC/MRA		6/5	45.0	46.0	Romney +1.0
PPP		5/27	53.0	39.0	Obama +14.0
Glengariff Group		5/11	45.0	40.0	Obama +5.0
EPIC/MRA		4/3	47.0	43.0	Obama +4.0
MRG		3/19	49.0	42.0	Obama +7.0
NBC/Marist		2/20	51.0	33.0	Obama +18.0
PPP		2/12	54.0	38.0	Obama +16.0
EPIC/MRA		1/25	48.0	40.0	Obama +8.0
EPIC/MRA		11/16	41.0	46.0	Romney +5.0
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[jammer]

Well that and being chaffuered around in one of his speedboats. The dude can't do anything himself, always needs someone to hold his hand. Even his wife has to help the wimp out...

 

[jammer]

I can hear Mitten's whines already "This is not fair! That's not you answered in practice!"
LOL

 

[Minotaur]

Ten minutes of practicing debating from Obama's perspective with Mitt may cause Rob Portman to switch parties.

 

[Minotaur]

Roflmao

 

[Bo-4]

Ten minutes of practicing debating from Obama's perspective with Mitt may cause Rob Portman to switch parties.

Mitt may switch parties after his first debate with Obama. ;-)

 

[Minotaur]

Perfect! ROFLMAO!

 

[GordonGecko]

I can hear Mitten's whines already "This is not fair! That's not you answered in practice!"
LOL

"HEY! Rob didn't ask me about Massachusetts' job creation record. No fair!!!!!"