Posted on 10/16/2012 11:52:29 AM PDT by Red Steel
Nervous Democrats reeling from President Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance and seemingly sudden change of fortunes in the polls are being comforted by one thought: when it counts, his supporters say, he always pulls though.
"So far every time, he's done it," said one former Obama administration aide. "He's the cat with the nine lives; at the end of the day the fundamental still favor him."
Obama's Democratic allies are hoping that his next debate performance will undo the damage of his first showing, and that once again, Obama will successfully pull out a last-minute victory.
Obama campaign aides have begun using words like "aggressive" and "passionate" to describe the Obama voters will see in the second presidential debate on Tuesday.
"He didn't meet his own expectations," said Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on CNN's State of the Union, Sunday. "He knew when he walked off that stage, and he also knew as he's watched the tape of that debate, that he's got to be more energetic."
According to Bill Galston, senior fellow of governance at the Brookings Institution and former Clinton administration senior advisor, when Obama is down, his competitive instinct kicks in.
"I can only imagine how an intensely competitive person is receiving the negative reviews his debate performance garnered," Galston said. "I've got to believe there's fire in his belly now to go and turn this around in the second debate."
And as New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd put it in her column following the debate, Obama "performs better when his back is against the wall; he has some subconscious need to put himself in challenging positions."
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Be careful-—from that photo it looks like she may have been put on the Michelle Obama diet, and, even though she’s smiling, she may be PISSED by the time the debate rolls around, and not give Obama and leeway or latitude.
Well said.
No matter what Obama is asked, he will reformat it into a different question....and answer his own question. Listen very carefully.
What will be interesting is if the Moderator (Candy C) will call him on it and force him to answer the question asked. Popcorn is popping..
when his back is against the wall
I would only have 8 words for him.
” Sorry, no smoking. Would you like a Blindfold?”
Romney just has to repeat, “you’ve been the President for the last four years”.
That line is deadly.
Romney just has to repeat, “you’ve been the President for the last four years”.
That line is deadly.
Romney needs to do a preemptive strike against media bias . His opening line should include:”If you Candy Crowly interrupt me or allow Obama to interrupt me , if the questions you picked are gotcha questions against me then you prove the media is biased to the American people” and every time Candy interrupts him , he should call her out for media bias.
Debate Live Thread is up:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2945771/posts
It’s been noted that “Obama” seems to only have “fire in the belly” when he’s talking about about issues near an dear to his heart, like class warfare, “social justice” and “spreading the wealth around.”
Here’s hoping he goes full-blown Angry Marxist in front of millions.
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