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In reply to the discussion: Seeing numerous DUers try to spin the debate [View all]Big Blue Marble
(5,053 posts)If we are going to move ahead, the Obama Team has to regroup, and reboot.
IMO, the debate was a disaster, because it reset the tone of campaign in
the media. And that is what matters, the perception. We can argue
the reality until we are blue in the face. (forgive the pun), but it does
not shift the media perceptions out there.
It has been deemed a fail for Obama even more than a win for Romney. And it has breathed
new life into what was a very demoralized campaign which was losing support from its super backers.
And my even deeper concern is what it will do to the down-ticket races and
our chance to regain the house, which is critical for the success of an Obama
second term.
In order to regroup, we need to acknowledge that it was an epic fail on
his part. I have watched many, many presidential debates, actually since
they began, and this was the worst one I have ever seen. I cannot understand
why the President was not better prepared to put the final nail in the
Romney Campaign. Instead he gave them the opening they were wanting.
Very sad.