Obama will recover. His first line in the next debate:
Moderator: Mr. President, you have been accused of lying in the last debate. Do you think this will hurt your re-election chances?
Obama: Mr. Moderator, I do not want lying to be an issue in this campaign. I don’t want to use my opponant’s honesty and forthrightness against him.
Big Bird vs. Big Turd.
The next debate is supposed to be on foreign policy. Very high risk for Obama. Too many tense situations around the world, the direction of which are completely beyond his control. My bet is that he blows up a couple of aspirin factories the day before and then begs off.