Ron needs to mention Cain or Romney during his answers... more likely to get 30 sec +

[ctiger2]

During Ron's debate answers he needs to mention the names of Cain or Romney. You never want to engage someone who's perceived as below you, so skip all the rest. He doesn't need to attack them either, he just needs to pick who he wants to engage. They will get a 30 sec response and hopefully they will engage Ron back so he gets to respond. #winning!

[muzzled dogg]

yep

[PreDeadMan]

This is how he can get time otherwise if they don't give him time following their own rules the people can see this and question why are they blocking him out! He needs to use this to his advantage and get them to stumble or dance around the question to show the people he's the one who understand the issues and how to solve them.

[bpitas]

it's worth a try, but the other candidate's aren't stupid - they will catch onto it, if their professional debate coaches haven't already.
"Don't talk about that Ron Paul guy - we're trying to make sure he gets the minimum time possible, otherwise he's going to make you look like an idiot". :-)

[Agorism]

I bet those rules were only for CNN debate.

Otherwise they are going to figure this out extremely quickly. That's why Santorum attacked another candidate in every single answer.

That might be why CNN did it too in order to promote fighting.

[ctiger2]

Just do it once per debate... manufacture a bit of extra time for yourself.