BASHIR: Romney going into debate: "stuck at the corner of 47th and Bain"

And yet ANOTHER Team Romney strategy is revealed
Posted on October 3, 2012

National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/329019
Romney’s advisers have a simple strategy: They want their candidate to balance his finely tuned arguments with personal warmth. Since Romney is a reserved man, his advisers acknowledge that it will be difficult for him to endear himself to the country, especially under the hot studio lights. But they consider it critical. “This is really about introducing him to the country,” a Romney adviser says. “It’s the largest audience he has ever had. Everybody’s watching.”

Bob Cesca: http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/10/the-romny-debate-strategy-part-iii.html
“It’s really about introducing him to the country? Was the convention not good enough? …Was the last 9 months of the campaign not enough of an introduction? I believe America has been properly introduced to Mitt Romney, and Americans don’t like what they see. And if you’re just getting around to introducing yourself, or still struggling to demonstrate that you aren’t a cyborg when the election is only five weeks away, you’re losing.”

47 percent of the country is already pretty familiar with Willard Romney. We’ve been introduced. Which reminds me of the best headline today, and which highlights the essential problem with Mitt Romney, from Martin Bashir: