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2016 Postmortem

gravity

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5. Obama was too complacent the 1st debate

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 24, 2012, 12:43 PM

Oct 2012

I doubt that he planned to have such a poor showing. He just thought it was going to be easy then had a serious wake up call.

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Obama wants you to be nervous [View all] gravity Oct 2012 OP

Bingo. Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #1

That is correct. So does the R/R campaign, the pollsters, and the MSM for different reasons. leveymg Oct 2012 #2

Well if that's what they want, they succeeded. LisaL Oct 2012 #3

I wondered if this wasn't some of the strategy cilla4progress Oct 2012 #4

Obama was too complacent the 1st debate gravity Oct 2012 #5

I think he was rusty. LisaL Oct 2012 #8

It's disheartening to know that we are in the majority (Progressives, Democrats, Liberals, etc) BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #6

The biggest difference '08 vs '10 was turnout of young people and traditionally disaffected groups leveymg Oct 2012 #7

I don't believe that was the case. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #9

PBO is also aware.. ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #10

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