The Daily Beast blogger and ardent Obama supporter has been in panic mode about the President's chances since the first debate.
How is Obama's closing statement so fucking sad, confused and lame? He choked. He lost. He may even have lost the election tonight.
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Does Obama want to be Al Gore? My worry is that his phlegmatic, even temperament may blind him to what we just saw: a president incapable of defending his own record clearly, of rebutting the mis-statements and arguments of his opponent, and of telling us what he'll do for the next few years. Do that again, and you're sinking.
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But this was a disaster for the president for the key people he needs to reach, and his effete, wonkish lectures may have jolted a lot of independents into giving Romney a second look.
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So in reality, we recall that Obama actually set up a Simpson-Bowles Grand Bargain, but Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, vetoed it (as was his prerogative on the commission, unlike a real fiscal conservative, Tom Coburn) and made sure it never got to a Congressional vote. Obama, in the worst mistake of his presidency, decided then to bob and weave on this, rather than risk embracing it alone.
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