I was naive about the effect of the debate...

[Savannahmann]

7. You weren't alone

The Democratic Party, and the Campaign were with you, that it wouldn't matter all that much, perhaps a small tick in the polls, but really nothing more than minor blip. Even now, people swear that was the case, and the resulting poll numbers are a short lived bounce.

One of the many rules of battle are that you can not underestimate your enemy. We did. Sure some people shouted warnings that the Rethugs were serious, and dangerous. They were belittled and denounced as defeatist. Any time you go into a competition, no matter what kind of competition, you must consider your opponent serious. President Obama, and the campaign, strolled into the debate, and intended to stroll through it. Well we all know that it matters now, and with a little luck we won't forget that lesson again.