Romney Lives
Craig Crawford
HuffPost
Posted: 9/7/11 11:13 PM ET
The media rush to anoint Rick Perry stalled as a surprisingly feisty Mitt Romney crashed the Texas governor's first GOP presidential debate.
It wasn't just that Romney firmly countered Perry's ill-advised attacks on Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" and a "monstrous lie" -- perhaps the dumbest thing I've ever heard said in a presidential debate (which is saying a lot!). Romney smoothly dominated Perry on several occasions.
While his chief rival is a fifth-generation Texan, Romney was the one who came across as having been to the rodeo.
For instance, when Perry lamely tried to score with an obviously rehearsed line about how Romney's predecessor as Massachusetts governor, Michael Dukakis, created more jobs than he did, Romney instantly shot back by claiming that George W. Bush as governor produced more jobs than Perry. He got the audience laugh and won the moment.
(More here.)
HuffPost
Posted: 9/7/11 11:13 PM ET
The media rush to anoint Rick Perry stalled as a surprisingly feisty Mitt Romney crashed the Texas governor's first GOP presidential debate.
It wasn't just that Romney firmly countered Perry's ill-advised attacks on Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme" and a "monstrous lie" -- perhaps the dumbest thing I've ever heard said in a presidential debate (which is saying a lot!). Romney smoothly dominated Perry on several occasions.
While his chief rival is a fifth-generation Texan, Romney was the one who came across as having been to the rodeo.
For instance, when Perry lamely tried to score with an obviously rehearsed line about how Romney's predecessor as Massachusetts governor, Michael Dukakis, created more jobs than he did, Romney instantly shot back by claiming that George W. Bush as governor produced more jobs than Perry. He got the audience laugh and won the moment.
(More here.)
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