President Obama is not seeking to match Mitt Romney's debate strategy of a zinger zapfest, but instead, will speak directly to the American people, reports Paige Lavender.
"We also saw in reports that Mitt Romney and his team have been working on zingers and special lines for months," said Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki, according to pool reports. "That's not what the President's focus is on. So if you're expecting that, that's probably not what he's going to deliver on. As I said, he's speaking directly to the American people and we know what they want to hear is what his plan is for moving the country forward, and that's what we're hoping he can deliver on, on Wednesday."
Psaki also said Romney's team is "bordering on the complete bizarre" by saying they'll look out for Obama to lie during the debate.
"I have seen them say that they’re watching out for the President to just spew lies during the debate," Psaki said. "So that is bordering on the complete bizarre, given that Mitt Romney’s team is the one who has said they’re not going to be dictated by facts."
Seeking to keep expectations low, Psaki says Team Obama "has had less time to prepare than we anticipated," due to his demanding schedule of campaigning and events in the Middle East. .
The New York Times: Before Debate, Tough Crowds at the Practice tells us that Team Romney "has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August," (and) "includes luring the president into appearing smug or evasive about his responsibility for the economy."
But, what could he possible say or do, that would change the negative impressions the voters already have of him and his regressive policies, and party?
Just as one example, in the article I posted earlier this morning, which I recommend ( :-) ), "There's Just Nothing Going on" with Mitt Romney, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright exposes Romney for being berift of any intellect, personal depth, or foreign policy knowledge.