ROMNEY HAS TO BE LIKEABLE (AND GIVE GOOD ANSWERS)

“I almost feel sorry for Romney. He’s under a lot of pressure. ‘Mitt be specific. Nail the president. But you’ve got to be completely likeable.’ I think he’s having a little trouble with that part.” – Ellis Henican

Voters, especially those that are undecided are ready for tonight’s much awaited debate.

The University of Denver is set to host the first Presidential Debate for Election 2012.

The debate, at the University of Denver, will be hosted by Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour and should focus on domestic policy and the economy.

But are the undecided voters going to be looking for solid answers and policy specifics or do the candidates need to be likable?

Ellis Henican, Monica Crowley and Tracy Byrnes discuss the candidates strengths, flaws, and chances of winning the debate:

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ELLIS HENICAN is a New York Times bestselling author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist and a popular TV news pundit. He is also the voice of Stormy on the hit Cartoon Network series Sealab 2021. Ellis is a born storyteller. His How to Catch a Russian Spy, written with American double-agent Naveed Jamali (Scribner), was called “the funniest book I read” by Washington Post critic Carlos Lozada and is being made into a feature film by director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider Man) for Twentieth Century Fox.

Ellis wrote the ground-breaking Vigilance with longtime New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly (Hachette Books) and Worth Dying For with Navy SEAL commander Rorke Denver (Howard Books), a follow-up to their special-ops bestseller Damn Few (Hyperion). Making It in America, with furniture titan John Bassett III (Center Street), tells how U.S. companies in the Trump era can survive foreign competition and keep American jobs at home. ,Read More

ROMNEY HAS TO BE LIKEABLE (AND GIVE GOOD ANSWERS)

“I almost feel sorry for Romney. He’s under a lot of pressure. ‘Mitt be specific. Nail the president. But you’ve got to be completely likeable.’ I think he’s having a little trouble with that part.” – Ellis Henican

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