Obama needs to tighten up his talking points for the Debate

[weezie1317]

The interview tonight, on KO this week and on O'Reilly were really good. But for the debates, it needs to be a little tighter -- maybe closer to the O'Reilly interview (which was like a debate in a lot of ways).

I'm not really worried about this. I think Obama clearly can do this. It's just a matter of getting it done.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Compared to whom?

Mr. Generalities and talking points?

Ok.

[weezie1317]

4. Compared to the lengthier answers he normally gives. Compared to himself, no one else.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Agreed...but he's going to come away from these debates with a newfound appreciation for Hillary

as in, geeze, that was a helluva lot easier than what I faced in the primaries.

[weezie1317]

6. Hahahahahaha! True enough!

[samuraiguppy]

3. are you kidding?

he was fucking fantastic. He needs to just keep doing exactly what he has been doing.

[weezie1317]

5. As I said, his interviews have been great. Debates are a different beast.

[SpiralHawk]

7. You've got to be succinct, clear, and vivid in debate

as you make point and counterpoint -- brevity, clarity, profundity, accuracy, memorability, and a dash of wit..

[jenmito]

8. Tonight his answers were sharp and crisp and he talked fast. n/t