I think he got intimidated by Romney. Obama didn’t really START bad as everyone is suggesting. He came with his usual stuff but right away he was blown away by Romney’s directness, knowledge, and assertiveness. It was like a football team who was favored to win getting the ball first and getting completely flattened on their first three plays from scrimmage. It’s like “uh oh, what are we up against? They came to play and they are hitting hard, ouch!”
It was amazing to see Obama physically wilt under Mitt’s alpha-dogness. Obama is used to old white guys saying yes to him and getting on their knees. But Mitt had him looking down, around, stammering, chuckling nervously, and crying for help looking at the moderator with doe eyes.
Obama came to win but immediately got it taken to him and he folded.
So true!