Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Just a reminder ... Sitting President bombed in the first 2012 debate. Sitting presidents usually bomb because they're distracted by the daily grind of running the country.

cnn.com/2016/09/25/politics/ob

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

criticism of the first / Romney debate in 2012.

nytimes.com/2012/10/04/us/poli

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Here's a column criticizing performance in his first 2012 debate with Romney.

"A stunned Obama campaign acknowledged Thursday that President Barack Obama delivered a lackluster and even ineffectual performance in his leadoff debate against Mitt Romney, mistakenly opting for a cautious approach to handling his opponent that all too often left Obama looking timid and disengaged."

politico.com/story/2012/10/how

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

A Pew Research Center poll published October 8, 2012 after the first / Romney debate.

*****

Romney’s Strong Debate Performance Erases Obama’s Lead

GOP Challenger Viewed as Candidate with New Ideas

pewresearch.org/politics/2012/

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Spoiler for this thread ... Obama won a month later, 51.1% - 47.2%. Obama won the electoral college, 332-206.

So don't panic over last night's "debate." Lots of time to go.

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

From :

gave an animated speech today in North Carolina, acknowledging he gave a weak performance last night.

“I know I’m not a young man. I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t talk as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to, but i know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job, I know how to get things done..”

cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/jo

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

The just published an editorical demanding that drop out of the presidential race. 🙄

nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opinion

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Stephen Smith 🇺🇦  

Here's what the editorial board had to say in 2012 after didn't live up to their expectations in the first Romney debate.

"... Mr. Obama’s competitive edge from 2008 clearly dulled, as he missed repeated opportunities to challenge Mr. Romney on his falsehoods and turnabouts."

Sound familiar?

nytimes.com/2012/10/04/opinion

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@WordsmithFL The significant difference here, imo, is that Biden appeared to have age related difficulties. Aging is out of our control and inevitably continues unless we die. Reality sucks, but it is still real…

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