Subject: Re: Who Wins the Post-Debate?
From: "Alexander Snyder-Mackler" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Rob Walker" <[email-masked]>, "Jim Smith" <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:48:43 -0400

Easy to look good in a debate when you're not hampered by facts.  Or as his
pollster said, "We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by
fact-checkers."

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> Who Wins the Post-Debate?<http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/10/04/who_wins_the_post-debate.html>First
> Read<http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/04/14220572-first-thoughts-romney-helps-himself?lite>:
> "If Romney won the instant reactions from last night's debate, it is more
> than possible that the Obama camp can win the next 24 hours. Why? Because
> Romney said several things that could make life difficult for him today or
> in the next debate."
>
> "First, Romney declared, 'I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income
> Americans.' But in addition to supporting the extension of the Bush tax
> cuts, which are skewed heavily to the wealthy, the non-partisan Tax Policy
> Center says that Romney's tax plan would give the Top 0.1% an average tax
> cut of more than $246,000. Next, he stated that "there will be no tax cut
> that adds to the deficit." While he has said his plan will be paid for,
> he's yet to lay out any SPECIFICS on how he'll pay for it. Romney also
> said, 'I'm not going to cut education funding. I don't have any plan to cut
> education funding.' But the Ryan budget plan, which Romney has said he'd
> sign into law, leads to long-term spending reductions in education. And
> Romney also didn't disagree with the description that his Medicare plan
> would consist of 'vouchers' for future retirees."
>
> "Winning a debate is always a two-part deal -- the night itself, and then
> the aftermath. This is now an opportunity for Team Obama and a challenge
> for Team Romney."
>
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