Posted on 10/10/2012 5:52:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
President Obama Vows 'Determined' Performance at Second Debate
President Obama on Debate Performance: 'I Had a Bad Night' By DEVIN DWYER WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2012 President Obama on Wednesday said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer that he plans to more aggressively confront Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in their second debate next week, trying to allay concerns among supporters that a lackluster first debate performance may have cost him the race.
"Governor Romney had a good night. I had a bad night. It's not the first time," Obama said in his first televised interview since the Denver debate on Oct. 3. Despite Romney's post-debate momentum and surge in the polls, the "fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed," he said.
"This was one event. We've got four weeks to go. Nobody is going to be fighting harder than I am," Obama told Sawyer, aiming to reassure his base. "What they need is to make sure they tune in on Tuesday next week."
"If you have a bad game you just move on, you look forward to the next one, and it makes you that much more determined," he said, comparing the political face-off to a sports game.
Asked by Sawyer whether it's possible that his poor showing had handed Romney the election, Obama replied, "no."
"You're going to win?" she asked.
"Yes," Obama said.
"You want it more than the first time?" she pressed, noting that some Democrats have questioned whether he remains sufficiently passionate and relentless.
"Absolutely," he said.
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Obama is in a trance with his power. He knows the media is paid off and will try to pull him out of a ditch. They never told us the truth from the beginning. The MSM is stuck defending someone who may lose and that means they lose too.
11. 1000 points of blight.
I’m glad Obama just tipped his hand to Romney about his 2nd debate strategy.
What a moron.
...too late...Romney has got Obama's goat...and Obama can't get it back...
...(unless Obama finds some {nice} way to piss Romney off without resorting to calling his momma a whore if you know what I mean).....
...Romney, red faced and mad at Obama for just getting under his skin would not be good.
Romney, reducing Obama into slobbering nonsense on the other hand, would be very good, and deserved.
Yep. From what I have read this one will be on foreign policy. Now, can you imagine defending Obozo's foreign policy? hee hee hee Now, reality. Remember that the "moderator" is a shill for Obozo, like them all. But it is reported that Obozo attended her wedding and was a classmate at Harvard. But ABC does not find that a conflict of interest.
He has fought against American interests since elected.
This turkey is toast!
I wonder if Vegas is taking odds on how quickly he will get that middle finger out to ‘scratch his nose’?
Yes sir, those are some hard hitting questions she threw him. How sickening!
“plans to more aggressively confront Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in their second debate next week”
Oh, good — that means he’ll be blabbering his ‘focus group tested’ talking points and looking all cocky as usual.
Romney will be there with facts.
Exactly how it read to me too,
Like a phone sex thing the two of them were having.
"Yes," Obama said.
ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS.
Continuously attacking your opponent, especially in a Town Hall format will make him look petty. It's kind of funny how that one debate has put him in a no-win for the 2nd one; if he presses too much he looks like a jerk-but if he doesn't attack he looks like a weakling.
I waited for that the first debate but Junior didn't have the goonads to pull that crap on Rmoney. Mitt would have doubtless called him on it.
Expectations are the problem. First debate, everyone expected Obama to trounce Romney thus the upset.
This time, everyone’s looking for Romney to be brilliant and Obama still high. Not sure how it’s going to play but I think expectations are against Romney this time.
Speaking of demented, look for it in Biden's performance tomorrow.
Obama and Biden are not centered human beings. They twist in the winds, because they have not been properly held accountable and cannot stand it when someone holds their feet to the fire. They want to blame someone or change the subject. They do not know how to handle it when challenged.
Obama and Biden are not human beings, centered or otherwise.
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