Romney Needs To Approach Debates As A Fighter

The first of three presidential debates between President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney is coming up this week.

If Romney is to make any inroads in this campaign, he has to go in as a fighter, not as a lamb as Sen. John McCain did in 2008.  McCain blew opportunities to put Obama away.

Romney has the advantage going into next week's debate as he had several debates during the Republican primaries and became a better debater and candidate as a result (although some within the GOP ranks are grousing that he is still a "poor" candidate).  Frankly, I think Romney's skills as a candidate are far superior than McCain's.

But we shall see as the debates begin.