Twitter is blowing up with mockery of the first of these two paragraphs:
Mr. Romney’s team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August. His strategy includes luring the president into appearing smug or evasive about his responsibility for the economy.
Mr. Obama is not particularly fluid in sound bites, so his team is aiming for a workmanlike performance like his speech at the Democratic convention. He is looking to show that Mr. Romney would drive the country in an extreme ideological direction at odds with the interests of the middle class.
So, Romney has spent over a month memorizing “zingers” which he will then attempt to offer in a spontaneous and witty manner in the debates.
I don’t think this will go well.
