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The outcome of tonight’s debate likely will pivot on personalities rather than policies

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By Pat Cunningham

If I were an adviser to Mitt Romney going into tonight’s presidential debate in Denver, I would tell him that his principal objective should not be trying to get the better of Barack Obama on matters of policy or scoring more zingers and one-liners.

Rather, I would tell him that he has to make himself more likable. I would tell him that his personality — or at least the public perception of it — is what’s beating him in this race.

Yes, such advice runs counter to the lust for political bloodsport among certain elements of the Republican base. Most of those folks want Romney ...

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