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

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

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

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Romney’s Strong Debate Performance Erases Obama’s Lead

GOP Challenger Viewed as Candidate with New Ideas

pewresearch.org/politics/2012/

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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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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@WordsmithFL Seems like a pretty stable and well-grounded guy to me!

@spystuff Clearly whatever they shot in the butt with last night (according to and ) didn't work. Funny how Trump and MAGA haven't acknowledged today they were lying all along.

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