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Contrary to RNC official, Politico ’s Javers said of debate: “McCain really benefits from low expectations”
During the September 22 edition of MSNBC Live, host Jeff Rossen and Politico correspondent Eamon Javers agreed that expectations in the upcoming presidential debate were higher for Sen. Barack Obama. After Rossen referred to Obama as “an amazing orator,” Javers said that “everybody assumes that Barack Obama is a better speaker than John McCain” and added: “[I]f Obama stumbles, on the flip-side, and doesn’t appear as well-versed or as smooth a talker as we’ve come to expect of him, that could be a real disaster for the Obama camp. … So, McCain really benefits from low expectations going in here.” In fact, “everybody” doesn’t “assume[]” that Obama is the better speaker in a debate setting and that McCain needs only to exceed low expectations: Republican National Committee deputy chair and McCain campaign fundraiser Frank Donatelli recently asserted that McCain “is much better at giving answers off the cuff, and Obama has some troubles when he doesn’t have his teleprompter.” Moreover, several media figures and outlets have also suggested that a debate setting favors McCain.
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In a September 16 interview with National Review Online, Donatelli said: “Starting early next week, I think you’ll see a lot of interest in Friday’s debate. It may draw the highest numbers we’ve ever seen, and I think that for the v.p. debate, you’ll see a tremendous amount of interest. We feel good about that. Senator McCain is much better at giving answers off the cuff, and Obama has some trouble when he doesn’t have his teleprompter.”
Numerous media outlets or figures have also asserted or suggested that a debate format favors McCain. For instance:
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