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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (494643)	7/7/2012 9:37:17 PM
From: Little Joe	5 Recommendations Respond to of 793970

"And Obama can still prevail in the debates by using his superior knowledge, and Romney can falter there by hesitating or giving a wrong answer" There is no proof that Obama can prevail in a fair debate. I can't think of one tough question he was asked and one tough interview he went through. Since the debates are all going to be msm you can be sure that Romney will get all of the tough questions and Obama will be asked if he is comfortable. I am still waiting for the press to press him on his ridiculous claims that he has created jobs. lj

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (494643)	7/7/2012 10:37:44 PM
From: Sr K	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793970

Debates can be the formal type or unformal. Sarah Palin couldn't answer a question from Katie Couric about what book or magazines she read. It threw her and the McCain campaign for a loop. (She lost a one-person debate, and Couric probably asked the same question of others.) Obama beat Hillary Clinton. What were the 12/2007 odds of that happening? Earlier there was the first debate with questions posed by YouTube uploads, with the questioners in the audience asking their questions. It all started with a question during a CNN/YouTube debate on July 24, 2007. Obama went first. "Would you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?" "I would," Obama said. "And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them — which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration — is ridiculous." politifact.com Hillary took the Washington insider cautious approach about staff and advance meetings first and then maybe a meeting. Maybe she didn't want to copy Obama's answer. Obama had her on the ropes and she never recovered. 20 to 30 seconds, done. Something will come up where Romney has to think. Even the WSJ Friday described and criticized him as trying to run out the clock and play it safe. He hasn't even chosen his running mate and it's only July.