Mitt did the impossible, he used word “change” made is sound fresh with his ‘I lived change’ and made it into a great opening line for giving the audience a verbal resume. Very solid and done in a commanding way.
Winner tonight: Mitt, then Fred, with Rudy in a distant third. Loser: McCain – he really came off as very petty, mean and childish. And Huckabee. Did Mike Huckabee ever mentioned his record. Interesting omission.
Mitt was the center of everyone’s universe tonight and I don’t mean just in seating arrangements (but boy did fate deal that one right). He looked in charge, took all the jabs, flicked off McCain’s mean remarks a couple of times, got to talk a lot about his great ideas and got the last word in for the night. It was Mitt’s world tonight and everyone else was just supporting players.
Best quick answer: The pharmaceutical defense. I live in the Bay Area in CA and we love our Life Science industry out here so I think that will play very well here.
Best long answer: His whole discussion about Iraq’s “second phase”. It was very good. It showed deep knowledge about the roots of terrorism. It sounded like he has been talking to and/or reading moderate Muslim writers and thinkers. It was first rate. No one else talked about a plan to move beyond the war and move towards how to help bring a brighter future for our friends in the Muslim world. The only problem with his answer is that I wanted to hear more.
