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Chris Matthews on President Obama’s debate performance

I agree with Chris Matthews here.  Last night was President Obama’s opportunity to begin the end of the campaign.  Instead, he gave Romney a chance to get his footing before Election Day.

I understand that the President was going for “look Presidential, cool, and calm” but it came off “lackluster.”

This morning on MSNBC, David Axelrod – adviser to President Obama said:
“I understand there was a hunger for us to attack Romney more personally than the president did last night,” he allowed. “The president was talking to the American people…treating the American people like adults.”

Axelrod said the president would “review” his performance and “if he wants to make some changes in the next debate he will do so.”

I don’t think this will affect the election at this point as there are so few undecideds, and Obama has solid margins in important swing states like Ohio.

But he can’t afford another one of these.

I break into a cold sweat when I even start to think of a Romney administration. 

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Mitt Romney preps for Presidential debates

From satirist Andy Borowitz:

With the first Presidential debate just two days away, G.O.P. nominee Mitt Romney has been working intensively on two skills that have eluded him throughout the campaign: talking and thinking.

According to one aide, much of Mr. Romney’s debate preparation has involved rehearsing a slew of prepackaged “zingers,” with mixed results: “We gave him what we thought was a foolproof line about the budget deficit and he somehow turned it into a crack about gay Mexicans.”

Reportedly, Mr. Romney’s practice debates have gone worse than expected, with the former Massachusetts governor getting trounced by a variety of opponents, including the Apple personal assistant Siri.

Read more from Andy Borowitz at the NewYorker.com

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Ann Romney on Mitt becoming president: “My biggest concern would be for his mental well-being”

“You know, I think my biggest concern [if Mitt is elected], obviously, would just be for his mental well-being. I have all the confidence in the world in his ability, in his decisiveness and his leadership skills, in his understanding of the economy, in his understanding of what’s missing right now in the economy – you know, pieces that are missing to get this jump-started. So for me I think it would just be the emotional part of it.” – Ann Romney, speaking to a Nevada TV station.

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Romney supporters using 2008 Obama rally pic as 2012 Romney rally

This is actually kind of sad.

Anti-gay Romney supporter tweeted a pic of what he said was a HUGE Mitt Romney rally, trying to say the media isn’t covering Romney’s HUGE events.

Problem is – the pic is actually from a 2008 Obama rally…

Check it out at Good As You.

(cue the sad trombone/fail sound “waa, waa, waaaaaa…)

Via JoeMyGod

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New polls have President Obama over 50% in crucial swing states

As both Romney and Obama separately campaign throughout Ohio on Wednesday, the Quinnipiac/CBS News/New York Times poll indicates the president leading Romney 53%-43% among likely voters.

The Quinnipiac/CBS News/New York Times is the fourth non-partisan, live-operator, survey to be conducted in Ohio over the past two weeks. A CNN Poll of Polls that averages all five surveys puts Obama at 51% and Romney at 44% among likely voters.

Ohio, with 18 electoral votes, is crucial to winning the White House. In modern times, no Republican has won the presidency without carrying the state.

The Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times survey in Florida indicates the president at 53% and Romney at 44%.

Five non-partisan, live-operator, polls have been conducted in the Sunshine State since mid month. A CNN Poll of Polls that averages all five surveys puts Obama at 50% and Romney at 45% among likely voters.

In Pennsylvania, the new Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times survey puts the president at 54% and the former Massachusetts governor at 42%. And the Franklin and Marshall poll indicates Obama holding a 52%-43% advantage. The nine-point margin is just within the survey’s sampling error for likely voters.

More details at CNN