Christie predicts Romney debate performance will change course of presidential race

[TomCADem]

Source: NBC

“On Wednesday night Mitt Romney is going to be standing on the same stage as the president of the United States. And I am telling you David, come Thursday morning the entire narrative of this race is going to change," Christie told NBC’s David Gregory.

Asked whether it was too late for Romney to reverse polling numbers which show him behind Obama in battleground states such as New Hampshire, Nevada and Ohio, Christie contended that “the general public that I speak to in New Jersey and elsewhere are just beginning to really tune in to this race."

“Wednesday night is the restart of this campaign,” Christie argued. “I think you’re going to see those (polling) numbers move right back in the other direction” as a result of the debate.

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Following Christie, Obama adviser David Plouffe said Romney and his aides “expect to come out of this (debate) with the race fundamentally changed. What does that mean? If it’s going to fundamentally change, that means seven or 10 days from now, you’ll see states like Ohio tied, states like Iowa tied, because that’s what really matters here, so they set the bar quite high” for Romney’s performance on Wednesday night in his confrontation with Obama.

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Oh wait! Another reboot! So, the Romney campaigns strategy was to hide in a hole doing debate prep and fundraising for months while ignoring the American people! No tax returns. No specific plans. Instead, memorize zingers for weeks on end, and hope that the American people are so impressed by well-practiced clever comebacks that they vote for Mitt Romney?

I am sure that the pundits love zingers, but to stake your entire presidential campaign on them is amazing.

[bulloney]

1. And regardless of how Mitt performs, the media gerbils will say he hit it out of the park.

You can bank on it because the MSM gerbils want a tight race so that more advertising money flows into their coffers. If the race is effectively over, substantially less money will be spent on the race.

[StevePaulson]

21. Bingo

Imagine what would happen if the media actually did some stories about the people who Bain Capital destroyed their lives, their jobs, and their cities.

Now that would be journalism.

Ain't gonna happen.....

http://www.RepublicansAreADisease.com

Romney is an extractionist.

[Fearless]

2. Oh it definitely will... pushing the election right into Obama's pocket.

This will be fun.

[obxhead]

3. I predict Christie is (mostly) correct.

After the first debate alone, the poll numbers the pundits keep pushing will reflect how the nation actually feels. Romney is a loser and detrimental to their health.

[progressivebydesign]

4. a debate will NOT change the election. This is not the 60s. the internet changes everything

When Mitt LIES thru his teeth, AGAIN, it will be swiftly knocked down by fact checking and will go viral. That's the problem... Mitt can stand up there an make his weird world salad and lie and say pithy things they wrote for him, BUT... it's not a bunch of men in sweater vests watching him on black and white TV anymore. There will be fact checking in REAL TIME. The men with the smoking jackets won't be waiting to get their NY Times on the porch the next morning.

Anyone who is stupid enough to choose someone based on a debate, that Mitt has been practicing for since July, should be deported or stripped of their voting rights. It's a damn tv show... and we already know where Mitt stands. Period.

But the Fox News vermin will call it a "GAME CHANGER!!!!" Just like Yahoo news today is saying that the President is ahead, "but Mitt is still close enough to win." Uh huh...

[heaven05]

6. why

why do you think it's called yahoo?

[SemperEadem]

35. I totally agree

he'll have to overcome the avalanche of twitter back-of-the-head slaps with every inane comment he utters. THAT is where the conversation will be taking place on Wednesday. If he can't win over all those tweeting, he's lost and lost for good.

[Vincardog]

5. Willard will FAIL SPECTACULARLY again. The debate will accelerate his fall to terminal velocity. nt

[StevePaulson]

24. Agreed

Romney ~vs~ Obama in a debate.

Poor Mittens.....

[sofa king]

7. Yes, here's Romney's predicted approval curve:

[vlyons]

8. Hardy-Har-Har and Tee-Hee-Hee

For Gov Christie, as we say a favorite insult in the south when somone just really steps in it, "well bless his heart." There are only 2 chances that something will change the outcome of Pres Obama being re-elected: those 2 chances are extra-slim and none. I swear the Reps have been smoking something funny smelling. Here's my prediction for the debates: Romney still won't have any details on tax cuts, foreign policy, the war in Afghanistan, global warming, or fill-in-the-blank. He still won't be able to explain how 5 trillion in tax cuts for the 1%, 2 trilliion in extending the Bush tax cuts some more, or 1 trilliion in new defense spending will reduce the deficit.

You had better bring a big soup bowl and a spoon to the debates because POTUS will be serving lots of creamed Romney.

[Happyhippychick]

9. Uh, Moran, don't you know the better strategy is to lower expectations, not raise them?

Seriously is Christie for or against Romney? What a stupid, stupid thing to say! Keep talking!

[earthside]

10. Talk about 'raising expectations' ...

So Rmoney is going to all of a sudden emerge as Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan rolled up into one great debater and orator!

Mitt is going to be so over-prepped with 'zingers' that he is more likely to come off even more wooden and programed than usual.

I think Christie is purposefully sabotaging poor Mitt.

[firenewt]

11. And I predict Christie will enter and win the next Iron Man competition.

[SaveAmerica]

13. Paul Ryan says he already won every Iron Man for the next 20 years

[jsr]

12. Trying hard to make a lump of coal into black Périgord truffle

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Get. Romney. Rattled.

That's the key to finishing him off.

[SaveAmerica]

15. Sorry, can't undo THE SECRET VIDEO, love from a 1percenter/99percenter/47percenter

[formercia]

16. Mitt hasn't the temperment for the Debate

I don't watch TV, so I will wait for the post-mortem here.

[1StrongBlackMan]

17. I agree with christie

any objective viewing to the debates will move the race from "too close to call" to "stick a fork in 'em."

About those "zingers" romney is rehearsing ... I'd love for President Obama to respond by opening his mouth as if to respond, then in silence just smiling, bowing his head ever so slightly and shaking his head. You know, like we all do when that co-worker/associate/friend with no filters says something really, really stupid ... too stupid to respond to.

Then, after the second or third time, say (with a smile): "Ya know ... I promised myself I would allow you to deliver these "zingers" that you've worked so hard on; but I just can't ... the audience might believe that you really believe what you are saying!" Then, address the previous "zingers."

[Deep13]

18. One thing to consider is that Romney has been debating for over a year...

...in the R. primaries. Granted, that was for a lunatic audience, but it was still practice. The last time Obama debated anyone was four years ago. Now, obviously O. is as smart as he was then and has been practicing, but still, it is something to consider.

[Pathwalker]

44. Except he's been practicing with John Kerry for months now.

He's not exactly going in cold, without rehearsal.

[Deep13]

47. Yeah, I said that. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

19. I think we can pretty much predict

who will come away looking better after the debates. If the Republicans think it will be a game changer, they have a shock coming. I am sure they will put their spin on it.. and Fox NEWS will declare Romney the winner, because that is what is expected of them. They may as well hire FOX NEWS cheerleaders.. and put them behind Romney's podium.

[daybranch]

20. Romney not losing,

his message is. No amount of zingers willever convince the country that this exposed servant of the less than one percent is on their side. Bye Bye, big money influence. The people are better informed every day.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. Romney is the Tea Party's Huey Long

So far out of the mainstream

Radical Right Ideology exposed for the election

Unusual for a party to sail into battle so naked

Let 'er rip, Dems!

[jonesgirl]

23. Christie said the same thing this morning on Face the Nation, and ABC with George S.

One thing the supporters of Romney keep saying, "Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?" Again, Romney has to steal from someone else. Those are the exact words Reagan used during his presidential debate.
The Repubs are so pissed because President Obama brought transparency to The People. President Obama has opened the doors for Us to see inside our government and the Depts within. When the Repubs speak of "big government", they are actually referring to The People being involved in the going ons around our country and other countries. They are doing whatever they can to make sure The People stay suppressed, so they can continue business as usual. When they don't get their way, they make things happen to punish The People more. They pick their ball up and go play in someone else's yard...like China. Well, I say Let em stay over in China! But now they want to come back and play in our yard again because China is experiencing the beginning of inflation, and China is taking money from them! Oh well, you reap what you sow!
Have we become so helpless that we forgot how to prosper on our own? Does it take a big company to provide our food? Does it take a corporation to build our homes? Does it take a big bank to provide us money? Does it take the big realtors to buy or sell our homes for us? Do we have to buy from big grocers?
We have the power and our own resources to make the USA strong for The People again! Start small from within our own communities. Form small task groups to go straight to the local farms, take food and supply orders straight to the distributors, help build sell and buy homes from each other across the nation, make community gardens, the list is never ending. There are ways to fight back, other than words and wars. After all, we are the nation of creative thinking!
Last but not least...God is not down for the count.

[StevePaulson]

25. Romney Can Win

If President Obama passes out...... If, and only if......

[Victor_c3]

58. I don't think that'd do it.

I think Obabma would have to either whip it out and start masturbating or eat a baby during the debates. It would take something pretty dramatic.

I don't know anyone who doesn't have their mind made up on how they are going to vote. I think everyone is decided on their votes and there is almost nothing that can change the votes at this point.

[Coyotl]

26. I predict Fox channel has already written program saying just that.

That the debate changed the election. To air the day after the debate, of course.

Predicting the past is always easier

[randr]

27. Did Christie click his heels three times?

The chances of Romney coming our ahead of Obama following a face to face debate are about the same as Newt G. getting his lunar base.

[Gman]

28. Well I suppose they need to start saying that now in unison, en masse

so that regardless of how Romney does, they can in unison, en masse say the campaign has changed, etc.... Kind of a "don't pay attention to that man behind the curtain" thing. Or "who you gonna believe? me or your lying eyes?" thing.

[Grammy23]

29. Look, these people are whistling past the graveyard.....

They know the score and how things are going. They are simply saying things that they believe they must say in order to keep this thing afloat until Nov. 6th. They have their own internal polling that tells them pretty much what they need to know. Romney has been running for what?? Six or seven years? He is NOT the unknown candidate that Americans are just now tuning in to meet. We've seen this guy, heard from this man and know pretty much who he is. If anyone had the slightest doubt, the secret tape where he casts aside the 47 %ers pretty much revealed who and what he is.

Now the Republican Party has run every flag they can think of up the pole to see who salutes. These remarks by Christie are just one more flag up that pole. The very idea that they can restart this campaign (or jump start it is more like it) is just their feeble attempt to try one more thing to give life to the corpse that is the Romney-Ryan campaign.

Thursday morning will be one more day closer to the election and one less day that Romney/Ryan have to change the game.

[cosmicone]

30. Romney's campaign has rebooted

3000 times more than a Windows 98 PC.

[Bjorn Against]

31. I guess if you are driving towards a cliff you do change your course once you go off the edge

[randome]

32. It will change from a deluge to an avalance.

That is all that will result from Wednesday's debate.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

33. He wasn't very good in the GOP primary debates

I guess they are wiring him up. Like the Willard of Oz someone will be talking for him behind the curtains

[SemperEadem]

34. how many gotdamb restarts does mittiot's campaign need

to prove that it's the same old retread romney yet again.

Please. Sit down and drink a huge cup of stfu.

[nolabear]

36. Christie might have a point but I don't think it'll change the race.

People who haven't paid attention to the ongoing press will in some measure turn out and do all the projecting onto Romney that the uninitiated can do, and unless he sprouts another head it might confirm what they're already determined to do. But I think it'll just serve to make the Dems need to double down on the ads now that more are paying attention, and Obama will still come out on top.

[DallasNE]

37. Another Off Message Response From The Romney Camp

Late last week the unified Romney message was to lower the expectations for the Wednesday debate. Now along comes fatso and he is raising the expectations for Romney in the debate. It just doesn't seem like they can keep from shooting themself in the foot.

[TomCADem]

40. Its Sunday And They Are Already Spikeing The Football Based On Zingers

I wonder how much did they have to pay to consultants to develop and focus group those zingers.

[DallasNE]

53. What, Romney Hired Joe The Plumber

To create some trailer trash zingers? That should go over really well -- not!

[Maeve]

38. and if you believe that, he has a bridge for sale, too eom

[Kalidurga]

39. As soon as I saw the headline I knew...

That Obama was going up farther in the national polls. Sure enough he is up .4 since the last time I looked.

[Fozzledick]

41. This reminds me of the Delphic oracle to Croesus.

King Croesus asked the Delphic oracle what would happen if he invaded Persia, and she predicted that "he would destroy a great empire".

He didn't realize it would be his own.

[McCamy Taylor]

42. Romney is not the actor Reagan was. This will change nothing.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

43. Hehehehehe

The last thing the Romney people wanted was for someone to set the bar this high....

The last thing Chris Christie wants is being forced to wait 8 years until he can run for the presidency

If you're an Obama supporter, ya' gotta' love this guy.

[BigRagu]

45. Christie predicts Romney

Romney will look like Kellie Pickler on Are You Smarter than a 5th grader....

[TomCADem]

48. I Am Sure Romney Has Invested Hundreds of Thousands Developing Those Zingers...

...complete with focus groups, as well as commercials at the ready so that he deliver them, then roll out commercials featuring them. That is why Romney is paying so much money for his campaign staff.

[George II]

46. "Christie predicts Romney debate performance will change course of presidential race"

You mean it will result in him falling FASTER than even now?

[Historic NY]

49. Extra Extra, Christie predicts things will change in presidential race....

I guess he means from bad to worse because I sure don't know how he is going to catch Romney before he sinks.

[judesedit]

50. Christie isn't getting enough nutrients. He's a bit foggy for NJ. He must think reality tv is real &

his constituents are twits.

[aletier_v]

51. but to stake your entire presidential campaign on [zingers] is amazing.

Dude, you work with what you have.

And that's all Romney has.

They were expecting the ad spending to win the race, not skill.

[copaid]

52. THIS SONG WILL CHANGE THIS ELECTION FOR ITS TRIBUTE TO BARACK OBAMA

NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE THIS RACE IN PEOPLE BELIEVING NOTHING MORE THEN BARACK OBAMA DESERVE HIS NEXT 4 YEARS IN THE WHITEHOUSE. WHEN MILT ROMNEY EX CLASSMATE JOHN F. INCE WHO WROTE IN HIS BOOK "KING OF BAIN AND THE MAN WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT" THIS EX CLASSMATE WHO WENT TO HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL EVEN WROTE THAT MILT ROMNEY HAS ALWAY BEEN UN SURE OF THE THINGS HE IS DOING OR HAS DONE. THAT WHY WE WILL PAY SPECIAL TRIBUTE WITH THIS SONG THAT IS SURE TO BE HEARD IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS CALLED "MOVING FORWARD" FOR BARACK OBAMA.

PLEASE CLICK AND EMAIL ME AT [e-mail] ON WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS GREAT SONG FOR OUR LEADER BARACK OBAMA.

[William Seger]

54. Only if Christie means that sickening thud that changes the course of free-fall (n/t)

[and-justice-for-all]

55. Yeah, it sure will...

Robocorp will not only kill his political dreams, but the entire repuke party is going to get their asses handed to them after these debates come November.

So yes Chrisite the Hutt, from just bad for your party to total fucking annihilation.

[blueknight]

56. hey gov christie

i have a little news for you...99% of the people already know who they voting for. and also only hardcore politicos watch the debates

[SunSeeker]

57. Dream on, Christie.

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[Bluegene]

59. This is so true

Making it the biggest landslide for President Obama ever !!!