Romney enters the debate "equipped with a bunch of zingers"

[Politico]

The amount of thought and planning that has gone into this is unprecedented. I am supremely confident we will lay a "check" upon Obama tonight.

[Politico]

The amount of thought and planning that has gone into this is unprecedented.

Which shows how scared they are...

To use a chess analogy, I am supremely confident we will lay a "check" upon Obama tonight, and only now will the Obama campaign start to realize what has been happening (i.e., we sacrificed a few pieces, something every chess master has to do to eventually win, but it was necessary in order to corner Team Obama with a "checkmate" in late October/early November; congratulations on "winning" September!).

[Politico]

The amount of thought and planning that has gone into this is unprecedented. I am supremely confident we will lay a "check" upon Obama tonight.

You are very poor at managing expectations. You risk losing your job as the Romney spokesperson on this forum. ;-)

To be fair, I concede that Obama has to cement the image of Romney as a monster like his ads have portrayed. If Obama fails to do so, he's finished because almost nobody wants four more years of the last four years. Obama either manages to convince everybody that Romney is a monster, or Obama is in a world of trouble tomorrow morning.

[Politico]

The strategy Politico sketches for Romney, of cleverly winning in November by strategically losing in January-September, reminds me of Giuliani's equally clever strategy of winning the Republican nomination in 2008 by losing badly in the first four primaries.

It is more akin to Clinton's clever strategy of avoiding Iowa in order to triumph with a "comeback" second place finish in New Hampshire that leads to more wins down the road, and ultimately the nomination.

[Politico]

The strategy Politico sketches for Romney, of cleverly winning in November by strategically losing in January-September, reminds me of Giuliani's equally clever strategy of winning the Republican nomination in 2008 by losing badly in the first four primaries.

It is more akin to Clinton's clever strategy of avoiding Iowa in order to triumph with a "comeback" second place finish in New Hampshire that leads to more wins down the road, and ultimately the nomination.

Worked really well for the next Clinton to try it, right?

Clinton tried in Iowa. She lost because Edwards beat her at retail politicking, and Obama had a better turnout operation due to his Chicago boys.