Go back to view the Democratic debates of 2008. He performs at the same level as he did then. This is the best that he can deliver. In an average debate, with your opposition being average....he does ok. Romney didn’t get to this point in business....being an average debater.
Even if the moderators attempt to pull the debate back into a different direction....I think both Romney and Ryan are more than capable of taking on the moderators as well. It’s like some WWE-grudge match, where you have to take on the other guy in the ring, and the six guys outside the ring.
I don’t think people were prepared or expecting this kind of debate.
“Seeming meek” goes completely against his narcissistic nature. He didn’t plan his performance; he simply thought he was too good to prepare for it.
He hasn’t had to ‘prepare’ for anything in his whole life.
His coddled (some might say nefariously ‘guided’) upbringing, education and public office life has always been one of standing on his color and the backing he’s gotten from screening tacklers (media and otherwise) that clear the way for him.
The man who breezed through Columbia and Harvard, breezed into state office, US Senatorship and US Presidency via blame and the NOBEL prize all in the span a few years didn’t NEED preparation - He is god.