Keller @ Large: No Excuses, Obama Laid An Egg In Debate
One theory I've heard for the stinker of a debate performance turned in Wednesday night by President Obama struck me as especially intriguing.
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One theory I've heard for the stinker of a debate performance turned in Wednesday night by President Obama struck me as especially intriguing.
As usual, President Barack Obama is passing the blame. On the campaign trail in Denver on Thursday, Obama was spreading the blame around for his pathetic debate performance on Wednesday night against GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney.
While Michelle Obama was complaining to the media that yesterday wasn't much of a 20th anniversary for her and her husband, Mitt Romney was planning his anniversary gift to be presented on the national stage – a slam dunk performance in the first presidential debate against the basketball-loving president.
Wow.......was that impressive. As evidenced by my previous ramblings on this up-coming election, I was concerned about the first Presidential debate. Holy crap..........not any more......was that good or what?
Only the most ardent Obama loyalist could have watched or listened to that debate and not noticed the glaring difference between the energy level and preparation of the two candidates.
Like Reagan's cautious approach to the debates in 1984, Obama knows he is the president. Obama was the cautious champ, picking his moments and more concerned with overplaying his hand than winning every point in the first meeting.
In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night.
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Romney – the challenger – will be incredible. Obama – the incumbent – will be damaged. The question is, how severely he will be damaged?
Yes folks, it could be later tonight when the world learns whether BHO still has the charisma without a teleprompter, or whether Mitt has the onions to look BHO in the face and say "Mr. President, your administration has been the biggest failure in American history since the Carter administration back in the 70's, there's nothing about it any candidate could run on and by the end of the night tonight, America will understand that."
If you bring anything close to an open mind to this debate, I think you may be surprised at what you hear, given the junk food that's been peddled to you for years now about both men.
Preparing for this debate has got to be the most depressing thing Obama has ever done. He must be staring at facts and figures that he can hardly believe – and then realize he has to defend them come Wednesday night – with his biggest critic, Mitt Romney – and the nation – staring at him. It's going to be terrible for Obama.
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With two debates scheduled for the week ahead, WBZ-TV and WBZ NewsRadio 1030's political analyst Jon Keller reviewed and previewed the Senate and Presidential debates scheduled for the week, on "Keller @ Large" as he sat down with WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Joe Mathieu.
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