What do you want to hear from Obama in this week's debate?

[DirkGently]

19. Engage. Make eye-contact. Refute untruths. Ask the unanswerable questions.

Romney's wide open for unanswerable questions about specifics. Biden exploited this well in the VP debate vs. Ryan.

- "Well, what would you do differently in Afghanistan, Libya, et al.?"

- "Name one place you'd increase revenue -- other than killing Big Bird -- so that your tax cut for the rich doesn't open a $5 trillion deficit hole."

- "Explain why you feel qualified to say 47% of Americans are lazy dependents for not paying enough income tax, when you won't disclose your own income taxes because it's clear you think people will say you didn't pay enough yourself?"

And the Medicare savings from providers isn't a cut. Just saying it once would be helpful.

I'd like to a touch of Joe Biden's incredulousness when the B.S. starts flying. "You're keeping the coverage for pre-existing conditions? With or without continuous coverage?" "You're going to produce a zillion new jobs how -- with more tax cuts? How'd that go last time we tried it?"

Not even as sarcastic as that. Just a real-world level of disbelief at unbelievable statements. Failure to do that lends them credibility.

Play to win, not to avoid losing.