tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post7123313295106455147..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Obama flashes his debate strategyAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-55710384053553581582012-08-25T23:59:12.750-04:002012-08-25T23:59:12.750-04:00I suggested that the two charges are complementary...<i>I suggested that the two charges are complementary -- he is a flip-flopper who's flipped his last flop</i><br /><br />I believe that charge is correct on the merits--but I'm not yet convinced it'll be easy for the Obama team to communicate to the public. To my ears, it sounds dangerously close to an on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand argument. It also depends somewhat on a knowledge of the way our political institutions work (even if Romney intended to govern as a moderate he would be faced with a Tea Party-dominated Congress, as well as his own fears of a right-wing primary challenge in 2016).Kylopodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932528611103718373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-36589946802098992912012-08-25T21:52:39.801-04:002012-08-25T21:52:39.801-04:00To reduce doubt even more, review Obama's UK s...To reduce doubt even more, review Obama's UK style "question time" at the House Republicans' Baltimore Retreat in March 2010. Transcript and video <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/transcript-of-president-o_n_442423.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. HuffPo headline: Obama goes to GOP lions' den - and mauls the lions.Ratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639272667516799563noreply@blogger.com