If you’re watching (NBC at 9pm)… this thread’s for you.
Here are my thoughts:
Romney’s been talkin’ tough all day. Tonight he has to bring that trash talk to Newt – as he’s been promising to do all day . My first thought was that Newt would take Mitt’s attacks and shove them back down his throat, and then I thought… maybe not. Okay, hear me out. Mitt Romney absolutely stinks at attacks. His delivery is really, really bad. Perhaps Newt plays the “reasonable” guy staring in amazement at the bumbling lunatic.
I think this is possible because the attack dog mode is so alien to Mitt, mainly because it takes emotion. I would be extremely surprised if Mitt could pull this off. And if Romney fails to back up all his trash talk from today… well, then he’d have pulled a Pawlenty. And we all know how well that worked out.
So I guess I’m saying that Newt will always do what he has to do, but tonight he might not have to do much… since Romney’s worst enemy has always been Romney.