Obama camp tips hand on debate, hints president will attack Romney on Bain
Source: Fox
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. As President Obama began to hunker down at a plush resort here for three full days of debate prep, his campaign team signaled the incumbent may steal a page from Vice President Joe Biden and show a more aggressive tone in Tuesday's second face-to-face showdown with Republican Mitt Romney.
"Gov. Romney has been making pitches all of his life and he knows how to say what people want to hear whether that was during his time at Bain or during the dozens of town halls he did during the primary," Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday. "His running mate also left him vulnerable on a number of issues -- admitting there was a $5 trillion tax cut, after he denied it, but again failing to explain how they would pay for it, leaving women worried about their ability to make choices about their own health care and failing to articulate their plan for winding down our presence in Afghanistan."
It's significant that Psaki previewed the president's next clash with Romney with an immediate mention of his time at Bain, a word Obama never mentioned during the first presidential debate, in Denver.
Senior campaign adviser David Axelrod said on "Fox News Sunday" that Obama is making adjustments before the debate and plans to be more aggressive.
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timlot
(456 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)He's gonna get 1040ed.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...and I would believe them?
I would say no to mentioning it in "debate" 2...however, since it is the "town hall" setting, he could address Bain-of-my-existence, directly to the audience and leave RMoney to blubber and blather away with some response.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)It's a head fake.
Remember how there were pre debate leaks that Romney would have lots of one liners? He didn't.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts). . . just how he intends to build 15 ships and 3 submarines a year if he is elected President, and bring the federal deficits down at the same time.
Submarines run around $1.5 billion dollars to build these days.
That's a lot of cabbage.
GoCubsGo
(32,085 posts)Can't wait to hear him explain that away.
creeksneakers2
(7,473 posts)that they had any plan to increase the military.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)Whether he will or not, it makes Romney run around in circles.
creeksneakers2
(7,473 posts)He has to use the word "trust" to go after Romney. Romney's dishonesty must be confronted head on. It will a bloody bout, with Romney calling Obama a liar right back, but its what has to be done. In the end, people know who Obama is, but they aren't so sure of Romney. They won't let Romney win if they don't trust him.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)...forced to walk around and talk with real live peasants. It's sure to make his head explode.
Plus, Romney won't be able to hide any (ahem) hankies behind a podium during a town-hall.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Bring on the denial extravaganza.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)He sees the grand scheme of things and always knows what to do
in the details.
tartan2
(314 posts)President Obama set Mitt Romney up in the first debate. Think about it, it is a risk but Obama has been doing risk for years and it's a great tactic.