What did he do before 11:27am?
I think with Joe it's like a jar of peanut butter.
When the lid is on, the peanut butter just kind of sits there.
Then you unscrew the lid, and the peanut butter just kind of sits there. Now, you might take a spoon and scoop out some of that peanut butter, or you might just let it sit there with the lid off.
In this analogy, the debate, say ... they took out a spoon and lifted some of what's left of Joe and spread him out onto the debate stage. Now this is a special kind of peanut butter that can read from an iPad.
But this morning, they took the lid off, and the peanut butter just sat there. And then they put the lid back on, and the peanut butter is now just sitting there. The difference is that at 11:26 there was no cover on the peanut butter jar, and now there is.