1. apparently Obama really hates Romney, to the pointo f being vulnerable to the f word
2. Team Obama cherishes the likability factor, and would accept lethargic over unlikable
3. There is no other way to put this: DO NOT, in American presidential politics BECOME the angry black man.
So suck it up, look at your feet, and endure.
It is an outside the standard curve interpretation, but one that I could easily imagine being coached, that the consequences of "winning" angry black man could be much worse than "losing" tired president.
Don't know.
That's not my job. That is Axelrod's job. Folks like to toss Carville or Axelrod under the bus, an event usually practiced by losers.
I guess we will see. Give it a week. There is no doubt that the narrative of winning/losing the debate alone has some value. Presumably less this time around given the electorates stated firm predisposition, ad I suspect that if the polls move, that suddenly they are correct rather than some sort of over-sampled manipulated artifact of liberal fancy.
That alone, should the polls move, will be precious.
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