Posted by
RightTeacher on Saturday, January 26, 2008 1:05:49 PM
It should come as no surprise that RightTeacher1 would support a Republican for president and I do. It may surprise that I am fairly confident that either Romney or Guiliani would have a marvelous November. The reason is that I believe the best television in the fall will be Romney or Guiliani against Hillary or Obama in a one-on-one debate. I don’t know if it is their lack of experience or lack of debating skill that would harm the democrat the most, but I predict that the republican will give them a pretty good shellaquing. If debates matter, if performance can persuade, if completely overpowering an opponent in a debate doesn’t scare some people about whether their candidate is “presidential” then any combination of these democrats against these republicans in a debate should bring enough of the independents over to the R column to win the election.
Don’t get me wrong. Obama has superb forensic talent. His speaking ability is really the only reason he is running right now. He would be a formidable candidate if he spent another complete term or two in the senate. But other than his speaking skills, I just don’t see a whole lot of there there. And being a good speaker doesn’t always translate into being a good debater.