Well, no, because, in football terms, Obama will do exactly what he did for the last quater of his battle with Hillary: He will go into Prevent Defense and start taking kneel-downs.
The liberal news media (the Zebras) will simply look on, with smiles on their faces, as Obama takes a kneel-down on 24rd down and then lines up to take another kneel-down on 25th down.
You can't let that happen. The opposing Coach needs to be throwing Red Flags on the field because the Zebras will NOT do their job in holding Obama to account.
In Prevent Defense Mode, Obama would stick to Tele-Prompter speeches, TV ads and the adoration of the sycophant liberal news media that even SNL recognizes.
What will happen is this. McCain has challenged Obama to a round of town-hall debates and Obama has accepted.
By forcing Obama to the nationally televised stage, McCain has taken away the Prevent Defense Mode. Obama will be challenged in front of a nation-wide TV audience.
Changing the minds of the Sheeple is like stopping the momentum of an oil tankers. It takes a loooong time. If you wait until the Fourth Quarter to try to make a come back, Obama could wheeze victoriously across the finish line in November just as he did against Hillary.
It's a good rebuttal of Operation Hiatus. But, deja vu - the Nixon / Kennedy debates of 1960. On content, Nixon won; but, Kennedy actually was perceived as the winner by TeeVee viewers, because he was just so damned good looking.