Oh, please. Please, please, please. Give me 20 breaks, not just one. Mitt Romney debated against Ted Kennedy back in the Â’90s. He debated one-on-one when he ran for governor. He probably turned his campaign around when he ran for governor and won the governorship because of what happened in that debate.
And listen to the Republicans, don’t listen to me, because nobody’s — I’m obviously partisan. But just this morning on “Morning Joe,” Newt Gingrich, who debated him many, many times, said that he got clobbered by him, that Mitt Romney, when he had to, down in Florida, literally turned things around; everybody saw that and knows that. …
So the fact is that Mitt Romney is a very good debater. HeÂ’s done a very good job at it. HeÂ’s practiced and practiced and practiced and practiced, and heÂ’s been flying around with, you know, the person playing Obama on his airplane every minute. HeÂ’s gone away and done five debates in 48 hours up in New Hampshire or Vermont or somewhere. Â…