Obama v Romney

Duane Morris law partners partners and national-level campaign fundraisers John Soroko (Republican, typically) and Alan Kessler (Democrat, more often than not) met this morning for breakfast at the Four Seasons, to argue about tonight's Presidential debate and the prospects for the candidates among corporate donors and business voters. Excerpts:

Q: Does Obama have a chance of recovering from his lousy performance in the previous debate?

Q: Does Romney need to engage, too?

Q: Have the Republicans been able to convince Jewish voters and donors that Obama is less committed to Israel?

Q: What should the Republicans do about Chavez? He and people like him are popular in Latin America.

Q: Do we invade Venezuela?

Q: The US won World War II and we ran the world for awhile. But we're not so rich as we used to be. Romney sounds like he wants to go back to those days, but can we afford that, without boosting taxes or cutting Medicare and Social Security?

Q: I hear Obama's fundraising dinners in Philadelphia have gotten smaller each year, yet nationally he's actually raising more money than Romney.

Q: What about tonight's debate?