A couple of days ago Josh Romney, one of Governor Romney's sons said, "So as a father, he learned how to debate an obstinate child. We had a lot of fun, we had a lot of fun watching the debate."
Josh was following up on his father's debate comment, "Look, I've got five boys. I'm used to people saying something that's not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I'll believe it."
It shows that the Romney campaign knew a good line when they heard one and it was a great line. It put the President of the United States on the same level of a subordinate member of the Romney family and it made the President a likable, but truth-challenged sibling.
Some critics thought the quip had power because it allowed Romney to call the President 'boy' and put him in his place in a racial sense. The quip did have that punch to it, but as Romney's handlers also realized it allowed Romney to pull the punch because Romney was including the President in his family - a family where Romney is the patriarch.
It's now the President's turn to produce an equivalent zinger and it has to be a zinger that restores the President to head of the household status in ways that work to his favor and to Romney's disadvantage.
See what we've got below the fold.
Romney's got sons. The President has daughters. When the time is right the President should say, "Hey, I've got two daughters. I'm used to guys showing up at my door who'll say anything to get inside my house."
This puts Romney back in his box and restores the President to his head of the house status, protecting us from a guy like Romney who really does say anything and everything to win votes.