Obama ignored senior advisers in debate prep

[kstewart33]

"President Obama "did not take his debate preparation seriously, ignored the advice of senior aides and walked off the stage in Denver believing he had got the better of Mitt Romney," Toby Harnden reports.

A top Democrat "said that Obama's inner circle was dismayed at the 'disaster' that the first presidential debate had turned out to be and believed that the central problem was that the President was so disdainful of Romney that he didn't believe he needed to engage with him... The Democrat, who is aligned with the Obama campaign and has been an unofficial adviser on occasions, said that David Axelrod, Obama's chief strategist, was stunned that the President left the stage feeling that he had won the debate." "

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215173/Obama-believed-beaten-Romney-Denver-debate-ignoring-advice-aides.html

[gabeana]

1. just reading this article

tels me it was the wake up call this campaign needed

[oswaldactedalone]

2. Might have lost the Presidency

and stymied the Progressive movement with this severe miscalculation. Let's let the "three dimensional chess" meme die and own up to the fact that Obama effed up. Anything that I've said on numerous posts bashing Plouffe and Axelrod I take back.

Blame for "The Great Debate Disaster" lies solely with Obama.

[JRLeft]

5. He is playing chess though.

[CakeGrrl]

9. 'Arrogant Obama brings down the entire Democratic party'

[budkin]

3. Nothing else to say. He shit the bed

[Peregrine Took]

4. The odd thing is that he thought he did well.

That is something I just can't grasp. His perception was the opposite of almost everyone else. I'd love to see what a shrink would say about that.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. So did I

I watched a recording of the debate, after reading all the cries of woe online. I expected to see a disaster, but instead I saw a calm, intelligent man presenting reality vs. a grinning buffoon.

[Mike Daniels]

14. I tuned in from time to time on the radio and kept hoping it wasn't as bad as it sounded.

Turned out to be worse.

[AtomicKitten]

7. Pres O is a smart guy. He won't repeat that dismal performance.

[HipChick]

8. Umm..this comes from the Daily Mail...one the most Anti-Obama UK Newspapers ever...

Take it with a pinch of salt..no names to the sources and all..surprised folks fall for this stuff...

[gkhouston]

10. I always go to the Daily Mail for my serious political news.

[bigtree]

11. daily mail couldn't care less that he has a real job

. . . that he is focused on; not just the theater of the debate.

[CakeGrrl]

12. This is a load of crap right here

The President has said repeatedly on the stump that this election was going to be close. Some of you who hang on everything that drips from MSNBC may not have seen this, since they're not in the habit of actually COVERING the President in campaign mode.

This smacks of RW "uppity negro" spin.

I'd like to hear what Axe has to say about this "Democrat aligned with the Obama campaign".

[KT2000]

13. DailyMail = RW Rag

Please do not accept their spin. They are trying to boost Romney's standing by trashing Obama.
I would look elsewhere for political information - they are good for grisly murders and celebrity gossip.

[Robb]

15. I never tire of this song, and with DU3 I can post it in-line:

Enjoy.

[JoePhilly]

16. Dailymail doing what it can to discourage Dems ... big surprise there.

[OldDem2012]

17. The source for the story is supposedly "a Democrat close to the Obama campaign"....

...but not named? Really? That's the oldest trick in the media world....grab a bunch of quotes from secondary sources and invent an unnamed primary source to flesh out the article.

By the way, The Daily Mail is considered to be the most conservative media outlet in the UK.

[flamingdem]

18. BS

nt

[GeorgeGist]

19. The lesser of two ...

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