Obama needs to say that he was off his game, and that it will not happen again.

[hrmjustin]

And he will do fine.

[still_one]

1. NO. He just has to not let it happen again

[WinkyDink]

2. No way. Like he should draw attention to the topic?

[treestar]

3. Ridiculous

That would be pounced on by the right immediately as a weakness. Worst idea ever.

[JHB]

24. +1

[mattclearing]

4. No. n/t

[unblock]

5. yeah, that's a winning strategy

[pnwest]

6. NO! He needs to say no such thing. That would be a big mistake. He needs to say

that calm, cool, collected and dealing with truthy facts was his plan all along.

[hrmjustin]

7. well it was just a thought.

[MADem]

15. You might try thinking along these lines...

[awake]

8. BS

He did not lose a single woman, student or senior voter. Romoney lost everyone who likes big bird. Sure angry White Men loved Mitt so what.

[MADem]

9. Horseshit. Try looking at the post-factcheck headlines.

And then look at the "Failure to Bump" rMoney got.

See, the people aren't as stupid as the media and the bullshit-shovellers think they are.

The winner of that debate was BIG BIRD.

[NYC Liberal]

10. Now THAT would be a disaster.

[annabanana]

11. exsqueeze me?

In the final analysis, it will be seen that this apparent "off his game" debate is merely a prologue.

[Jennicut]

12. I just argued with another poster that this was self defeatism.

It would be a disaster.

[bigwillq]

13. Obama just needs to look forward to the next debate.

Yesterday's debate is over, and I actually don't think he did as poorly as some pundits, or folks on message boards and social media sites, think.

Move on, Obama. It's the only thing he can do.

[bluethruandthru]

14. No, what he needs to say at the start of the next debate is electrodes have been attached to each

man's testicles and every time that man lies, he'll get a uncomfortable reminder to tell the truth. We'll see how long Mitt lasts.

[MrScorpio]

16. No, he doesn't

I don't know what debate you were watching last night, but in the one I saw he was setting Romney up by getting him to paint himself in a corner of his own lies.

There was absolutely nothing for the President to apologize for. He performed honestly and brilliantly.

[Agnosticsherbet]

17. Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness.

Yes, John Wayne said that, so it is essentially bullshit. But in politics, it is a truth.

Don't apologize. Don't make excuses. When the bell rings, come out swinging like you care about the American People.

[polichick]

18. I keep thinking we'll hear that something was going on...

...in the Middle East or somewhere that had him distracted - it's so unlike him.

[tularetom]

19. Why the hell would he want to do that?

What he needs to do is not pay any attention to the panicky whining of the asshole pundits and continue to be himself. Yes it would help with a lot of dumb voters if he acted more like he wanted the job but that would require that he completely change who he is.

[FirstLight]

20. bullshit

NEVER admit weakness to an enemy, never apologize.


and besides, Obama didn't do a weak job, he carefully thought through his information, he was measured, coherent, responsible and CALM.
THOSE are TRUE Leadership qualities.


Many of us here are always jumping up and down wanting Obama to point out the racism, the bullying the bullshit from the right. And time and time again, our POTUS pwns them without even ruffling a feather....How he does it is by being the antithesis of what they try to paint him as. We all need ot calm the fuck down, GOTV and Let our guy handle this moron. He knows exactly what he is doing.

[jberryhill]

21. Ooh, Oooh, I know... Romney should demand another apology

[BlueMTexpat]

22. No. F***in. Way.

The smarmy smugly self-entitled serial speed-liar's bullying discourtesy was evident for all to see - exactly what we do NOT want or need in a President - and there is no way that President Obama needs to apologize for letting Mittens hoist himself on his own petard.

Whether it was a conscious strategy for this debate or not, President Obama will do just fine on November 6, so long as we GOTV!

[berni_mccoy]

23. Um. No.

[JohnnyLib2]

25. Politicians just don't do that. But, I think he'll poke some fun at himself.

[ljm2002]

26. That's a bad idea...

...it's never a good move to be apologetic about one's performance, with the possible exception of when there was a real meltdown of some sort. Obama did not appear to be on his "A game", that's for sure. But he did not commit any obvious gaffes, either, nor provide any sound bites or video segments that can be used against him. So just get on with the campaign and be better prepared next time for the barrage of lies.

[Cali_Democrat]

27. That's just silly

He doesn't need to say that.

[ohheckyeah]

28. I have every idea

he was a bit preoccupied with the Syria/Turkey situation. He was told about the situation just a couple of hours before the debate.