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inchhigh

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64. Genius

Reply to ChoppinBroccoli (Original post)

Mon Oct 8, 2012, 07:15 PM

Oct 2012

I see Romney is up by 4 now in the latest Pew. I wonder if Obama is smart enough to get Romney up by 10.

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Rmoney WANTED Obama To Attack Him, But Obama Outsmarted Him [View all] ChoppinBroccoli Oct 2012 OP

I think you're right. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #1

Yes. A handful of us at DU saw this immediately. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #2

Yes. Yes we did. nt msanthrope Oct 2012 #59

I agree. nm rhett o rick Oct 2012 #68

Mitt suckered a lot of people, and ProSense Oct 2012 #3

No doubt that Romney had the zingers ready for being called out as a liar andym Oct 2012 #4

Yes, and I'm sure that Romney thought Obama would bring up the 47% issue too, but ... Tx4obama Oct 2012 #5

+1 flamingdem Oct 2012 #6

Agreed.. I think too many failed to see what might be happening. LiberalFighter Oct 2012 #10

I think President Obama and his team had canned responses to Rmoney's anticipated stances. TheDebbieDee Oct 2012 #7

The next Obama-Romney debate: Obama will be awesome and Romney will suck Tx4obama Oct 2012 #8

Thanks Texas! The last one is going to be in Boca Raton Cha Oct 2012 #17

Undecided voters will be the audience at one of them jonthebru Oct 2012 #26

SNL on Saturday ran a mock ad that skwered so-called coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #45

if I have learned anything about Obama Skittles Oct 2012 #40

Sorry but I don't buy this premise. MotherPetrie Oct 2012 #9

The polls showing Obama lost must be skewed. nt geek tragedy Oct 2012 #14

LOL jsmirman Oct 2012 #38

I don't need any analysis. jonthebru Oct 2012 #27

Obama didn't "blow" the debate Summer Hathaway Oct 2012 #33

First of all Obama didn't lose, he debated smart the only way to debate when you're Raine Oct 2012 #35

So if Rmoney comes out next time with another batch of lies, Doctor_J Oct 2012 #61

Whether it was intentional or not, Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #11

So Romney is surging in the polls... Julien Sorel Oct 2012 #23

You have to look at the big picture Tx4obama Oct 2012 #28

+1 krawhitham Oct 2012 #30

Obama's approval is up to 54 percent in the right leaning Gallup polls. But hey, whatever. MADem Oct 2012 #32

"surging in the polls"??? he went up a point or two that is not surging and Obama is still ahead. nt Raine Oct 2012 #36

I have to agree. But, I'm moving on jsmirman Oct 2012 #39

STOP IT!! STOP IT!! You do NOT ...NOT let a lie stand in front of 70 million people... uponit7771 Oct 2012 #12

Romney told 27 lies during the debate. Tx4obama Oct 2012 #20

wasn't it 27 lies in the 1st 37 minutes? magical thyme Oct 2012 #46

That also gives Romney 70M viewers for his defence Trekologer Oct 2012 #50

Nah. Not that many undecided people were watching, for one thing. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #60

Ugh, please. Obama realizes he stunk the place up. So should we. nt geek tragedy Oct 2012 #13

Part of Obama's strategy worked, part of it didn't work alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #15

Precisely! Cha Oct 2012 #19

Yes that sounds right. anAustralianobserver Oct 2012 #21

Strongly agree! I wasn't here that night, but I watched with friends and was pretty surprised patrice Oct 2012 #37

Exactly. Further, Romney got a 2-3 point bump at most and magical thyme Oct 2012 #48

Maybe, BUT... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #16

I've paid close attention to the President and the way he operates. Lugnut Oct 2012 #18

here is the proof of your argument grasswire Oct 2012 #22

He also used the exact wording jonthebru Oct 2012 #24

It is possible. Fearless Oct 2012 #25

Yes. And also see Comment #28 :) n/t Tx4obama Oct 2012 #29

obama is a very smart and calculating man Mothdust Oct 2012 #31

Absolutely agree with you, Obama played three dimensional chess and played Mitt like violin. nt. Raine Oct 2012 #34

I posted about 30 threads on how Obama won the debate by winning the election 11/7/12 graham4anything Oct 2012 #41

Obama outsmarted him by losing, interesting strategy...... bowens43 Oct 2012 #42

Abysmal? mattclearing Oct 2012 #47

Rmoney wanted an argument quaker bill Oct 2012 #43

Wow. The denial is breathtaking Doctor_J Oct 2012 #44

I don't consider a 2-3 point bump a major hit, and there are 2 more debates magical thyme Oct 2012 #49

2-3 is very big at this point Doctor_J Oct 2012 #55

1. bs. magical thyme Oct 2012 #58

The apologists have got me surrounded Doctor_J Oct 2012 #62

and now the Gallup 7 day tracking poll is out, and Romney's magical thyme Oct 2012 #63

Show me the "major hit" in the polls... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #51

Well, at least we've gone from "He outsmarted Rmoney!!11!1!1" to ""molehill" Doctor_J Oct 2012 #53

Forget it man. SomethingFishy Oct 2012 #57

"Took a hit for it", from who? The corporate media? If he would have bickered back, then Rmoney rhett o rick Oct 2012 #69

. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #52

That may be, however, Obama did NOT strongly point out the lies and contradictions that romney was still_one Oct 2012 #54

CHECKMATE ROMNEY! Capt. Obvious Oct 2012 #56

Genius inchhigh Oct 2012 #64

I don't think Obama was really present. Something was going on. I don't know what. robinlynne Oct 2012 #65

you obviously Kltpzyxm Oct 2012 #66

sarcasm, I hope..... robinlynne Oct 2012 #67