What would be your advice to Obama for the next debate?

[quinnox]

Mine would be: Don't let this sucker bully you! Don't let Romney talk over you or interrupt you, or try and "manhandle" you. I understand you have to appear presidential, but you can't let this kind of thing happen, it makes you look weak.

What would your advice be to Obama?

[uponit7771]

1. YOUTUBE!! Let rMoney discredit rMoney!!! Then go at his lies BIG TIME, tell future plan

[Scootaloo]

2. "Don't take advice from DU"

"Mr. President, most of us haven't got a clue what we're talking about when we talk to each other. Just smile and nod."

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. Excellent . . . n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

7. +1

[Cali_Democrat]

32. LOL

[Le Taz Hot]

36. LOL! Couldn't agree more. n/t

[Glitterati]

4. My advice would be

let that great orator out. Be yourself. The man we love to hear speak and explain.

Bring out Professor Obama.

[tularetom]

5. Insist on a different moderator

Did you see who will be the moderator for the next debate? Human hemorrhoid Candy Crowley.

If you think Jim Lehrer sucked last night because he didn't lift a finger to shut Romney the fuck up, Don't even bother to watch the next one. Lehrer at least appeared neutral but ineffective, Crowley will be actively partisan. I'd be surprised if she doesn't cut the president off more than once.

[Horse with no Name]

6. Leave the wonk at home. n/t

[MineralMan]

8. Mine would be not to pay much attention to what amateurs are saying.

He has good advisors. He should listen to them, and to himself.

[onecent]

9. Don't let people intimidate you about using a teleprompter, Reagan did and

everyone knows he was GOD (not!)

[flamingdem]

10. I'd say close very strong and at that moment connect with the viewers

and ignore the disgusting repuke Mitt Romney for those moments

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. Quit saying "uh" before every answer.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

12. Seriously? Have a chat with Howard Dean...

He called this. Advised Obama not to get irritated with Willard.
He saw this coming.

[karynnj]

13. Be yourself and be honest and speak to the American people -

Not to the moderator or Romney. look directly into the camera and speak to it as if he is explaining the issue to Malia. Yes, I know Malia is a teenager, but she is probably intellectually at a slightly higher intellectual level than the average voter. I think this would lead to him c0onnecting amazingly with people and explaining things very well.

The exception is that he also has to listen to Romney and call him on the bigger of his distortions - as Kerry did with Bush on Saddam.

I don't think he should morph into Grayson or Michael Moore. That would be treated as it was when Gore was completely different in the three debates. (Bush was too, but there is no Democratic echo chamber to trash him. )

[MinM]

14. Let Obama be Obama...

To paraphrase an episode of the West Wing.

[tavalon]

30. Hah, I should have read the responses first

You beat me to it.

[Hoyt]

15. Laugh in Rmoney's face when given opportunity. Otherwise, agree with those above- don't listen to us

[Blue Owl]

16. Talk about the national GOP vote suppression epidemic

Especially the Romney-affiliated group in Florida that is only registering Republicans.

[NCTraveler]

17. The person helping him to prep....

Should have him repeating "no Governor Romney, that is accurate. Do you not stand behind the current plan you are proposing to the people of the United States" until the next debate. I think that should have been said after each time Romney said, "no Mr. President, that isn't accurate."

[cbdo2007]

18. compare romney and his policies to the Bush Admin and just say "that's what caused the recession

[SidDithers]

19. Mine would be don't listen to any advice from the internet...nt

Sid

[LiberalAndProud]

20. One zinger would do it.

After Romney disavows one more of his own ideas, one long cool look for the length of Mitt Romney, and one question, "Who are you and what did you do with Mitt Romney?"

Would be devastating. Not wonky policy-wise, but would define Mitt's character in the space of 30 seconds. It would draw blood.

[fleur-de-lisa]

21. LOL . . . good one!

[Raven]

22. Do not look down! n/t

[zellie]

23. Talk quicker and with more confidence.

be animated

[HuckleB]

24. Stay calm, and ask Romney to follow the rules.

Then ask him if his handlers are going to have to change most of his answers after the debate again.

Of course, in the next format, Romney's rudeness would kill him. So what the press is praising can't happen in that format, lest he be hammered for doing what he's being praised for doing now.

It's a funny thing.

[Hamlette]

25. Call him Mitch Romney

first time I heard Letterman say that I was a little embarrassed for him for getting the name wrong. Now I giggle every time I think of it. Mitch Romney. hee hee.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. Dispatch Ron Reagan and Chris Mathews to Camp David for the weekend with him ! PRONTO

[Fumesucker]

27. Bring an Etch A Sketch

Every time Romney says something opposite of what he's already said before, shake the Etch A Sketch.

ETA: A good comic could reduce the audience to helpless tears with that setup.. I think Obama has the timing to do it.



But then I'm a bigger asshole than Obama.

[LiberalFighter]

28. Have one of those LED message signs on his suit that he could turn on

whenever Mitt lies. The sign would say "Mitt lies again"

[tavalon]

29. Let Obama be Obama

I'm sure most people know where I plagiarized that from!

[Red1]

31. Next Time Mitzy Interrupts..

Obama..."You want to be a leader?" "Then you must understand you need to learn how to follow first."

[Panasonic]

33. Psst Obama: Third debate

Walk over to Rmoney's lectern and rip up his cheat sheet and ask him to wing it if he can't do it without the cheat sheet.

Or hide a camera overhead Rmoney and watch his hands go wild AND using the cheat sheet.

[Cleita]

34. Insist on a better moderator.

I nominate Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow.

[Honeycombe8]

35. Prepare. nt