Maybe what he really saw was Obama in a real debate for the first time since he became a national figure. The Dim primary debates in 2007 and 2008 were mostly minor disagreements over details, and McCain presented no challenge to Obama's lies and BS.
Maybe what people saw was the real Obama being strongly challenged for the first time, and he was unable to engage and his handlers and MSM protectors could not jump in to save him.
That’s exactly it. And they, the libs, did blame the moderator, Kerry, the altitude and Romney for not being the real Romney. Everything but he’s never been challenged like this before.
And when that happens Zero is Zero!