[Arthurio]

Back to your point... Looking back to the third debate.. Romney was acting like the quarterback that was up by a touchdown in the final two minutes, and taking kneeldowns...

[Wally_Kalbacken]

That's the way it looked to me. The failure to pick up the Benghazi issue seemed at the time plausible, if you felt you were up, and if you were trying to protect a lead among sensitive independents who don't like confrontation and attacks. But when you, in fact, aren't up with independents, all you get from failing to engage on that issue is a turned off base, which makes it even worse.