When it comes to presidential debates, 20 years of democratic endowment deep political have some very good Suggestions: punch is pretty good, counterpunches is better, the problem is mostly the foreseeable and the key to success is practice, practice, and practice.
RON Klain, al gore and biden served as chief of staff, and in June, 2012, write memos brain third path. Yahoo news came to thank trump card "the Washington post political reporter Tumulty Karen should pay attention to.
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"There are few activities, candidates for there are so many opportunities and such a big risk" as a debate, Klain wrote. "Although you can lose a debate time, you can only win it in the 30th minute."
At the same time, he says, "and may be overvalued importance, liner and unprejudiced" debate, ready to a set of such material is an important part of the debate preparation. "(the Obama campaign has been taunt Romney (Mitt Romney) relentlessly it is said that practice with prejudice.
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"But, in addition to such" drift ", is must spend some time development "counterpunches" : ok, you will be in your opponent's favorite deployment, "Klain wrote. "If you developed five biyibi reply your opponent of the five most common line, the odds are high, you will have the chance to use two or three games. Remember your opponent might reply to you the most common line no more effective than this debate, anti counterattack!"
Speed is desirable, Klain rules, referred to as:
- imagine a "dream postdebate title" and cultivate their strategy, in order to get it.
- take out three things, you absolutely must be in debate said.
- "candidates" is the habit of animals, Klain wrote. "Read your opponent has been said," it is because he or she said, 90% of the "has come his mouth in a week ago debate". Klain also wrote, Lloyd Lloyd bentsen destructive "you are not jack Kennedy in 1988 vice President debate, debate preparation, when there is an assistant to recent remarks show, Lloyd bentsen from cures himself JFK" beat Dan cures.
- reading local newspapers, especially if the debate is a town hall format.
- what kind of problem, you are likely to get. "A typical 90 minutes of TV debate will involve only 18 a question. More than two-thirds of them RDS is absolute, positive predicted," Klain.
- "practice, practice, and practice," he said. "Even if senator Clinton in the simulation debate shock in 1996, until he calm battle, and practice." Simulation debate is the best practices, and the most important thing is your opponent's position. The best "not afraid out severe attacking candidates: stroke practice is very useful, if only LOBS baseball pitcher," Klain.
- for assistant cruel honest feedback. "Please make sure that the team include people who can tell you, your answer is very smelly, your joke funny, you attack has missed the mark," he wrote. "Said 'no,'" is the man to debate. "
- do a walk through the web site, in order to make sure you have appropriate lighting, and in the right position.
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