In other words, Obama was headed into a debate where his premises would not be challenged, his opponent clearly does not have the same level of expertise and could only attack him on peccadilloes.
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Graham says Romney's broad smile and "thank yous" following heated answers make it seems like "he's practicing his speeches, " not debating his opponent.
The Scot comfortably held his next service game and took Federer to deuce in game nine, but he could not stop his opponent taking the match into a deciding set.
In the context of the current US Presidential contest, I have heard many lament opportunities, particularly for the President but also for Governor Romney, to not call their opponent on core values.
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The election was more than a year out, and the potential opponent had not yet announced.
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Indeed, Mr Lagos's aides concede that Mr Lavin will not be an easy opponent.
It's not nice for the crowd, not nice for the tournament, not nice for the opponent, too, no?
The Turks simply did not think that their opponent would be mad enough to come at them from the desert.
Unfortunately for fourth-ranked Wozniacki, her Russian opponent was not so generous to her and closed out a 6-3 6-4 victory.
Does this give him advantage as an incumbent able to do these sort of things that his opponent is not?
Better not to give your opponent the proverbial bulletin board material that could provide the additional motivation needed to win ultra competitive contests.
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For surprisingly, the London-dwelling steel raja's most formidable opponent may not be the French government, but the fiercely competitive Arcelor Chief Executive Guy Dolle .
So that's a choice you've got in this election, though, because my opponent, not only does he want to keep tax incentives that would send jobs overseas, he wants to expand them.
"If I know my opponent is not a good bunker player and he hits it in the bunker on a Par 3, I will play it safe, play for the fat part of the green, " he says.
Barrios was playing in her first WTA Tour final but was not overawed against her famous opponent, having the better of the early proceedings to lead 5-3 in the first set.
Johnson, a member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee and a strong supporter of a bill to revamp the IRS, will not know who her Democratic opponent is until the state's September primary, but she has had to slog through increasingly tough re-election races in recent years.
But the vision they wanted to focus on was not their own, but their opponent's.
Now, my opponent talks about me not signing certain treaties.
When he says in no uncertain terms that he would not in fact order a mission in Pakistan without the knowledge of the Pakistanis, and then criticizes his opponent for saying he would, why should we not judge him on exactly those words?
So the doctrine came to mean vindication of truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent, but on oneself.
Advocates argue that this reform would encourage a candidate to not ignore an entire state because the opponent has a wide lead there.
Players must not approach within five metres of an opponent receiving a falling raised ball until it has been received, controlled and is on the ground.
Teams that had planned to play Westerville schools next academic year might not know whether they will have an opponent until Westerville voters vote on a March levy.
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Roddick, who will replace Juan Carlos Ferrero as world number one when the rankings are released on Monday, admitted he had not played well enough against an inspired opponent.
"When we get on the baseball field with whomever the opponent is, they are not sitting there saying: 'Well, their players make more money than us so therefore you're deemed a winner and we're deemed a loser, '" Astros manager Bo Porter said Thursday.
Djokovic's mood did not improve when he could not capitalise on three gifts from his opponent at 2-2, failing to make a return with two break points at 15-40, and there was plenty of shrugging and looking to his coaches as the set progressed.
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