You know how Obama hung back in the debate and let Romney rant, lie and hang himself?

[KharmaTrain]

26. It's The SuperPacs Than Ran Amok...

I think President Obama came to the debate prepared for the "teabagging" Willard and "Moderate Mittens" showed up. The chutzpah Willard showed that night lying and flip flopping was astounding. What was even more astounding was how the horserace-crazy corporate media took style over substance and used it to fit a narrative that "Obama lost". I don't think it was "rope-a-dope"...I think President Obama was caught off guard with how blatant Willard's lies were. If you look at the substance Obama won going away, but it's the "gotcha" moments that the media was craving for. Inversely President Obama would adjust and his "Procede, Governor" line in the second debate is, in my book, the ultimate turning point in this campaign...and polls show that as well.

The big thing the Bishop had going for him was nearly $1 billion of outside spending...a lot of it flying around this weekend. He thought he could lie and with the ensuing media blitz he could bullshit his way like he did in his "corporate" life. He was a salesman closing a sale and saying whatever he had to to get it done. The media...seeing this as bloodsport and through their own filter saw all the big money flying around (how could they miss it...some of it ended in their bosses pockets) saw all the advertising and assumed that meant support. Look how eager stenographers like Chuckie Toad were to "expand the map"...it makes them more "relevant". It became a circle jerk between Willard's flailing campaign and corporate media...one that, mercifully, is winding down...

I'll look at a second term for President Obama after the votes are counted...while confident I am still very concerned about the voter suppression efforts going on and hope the OFA ground troops have delivered as we're led to believe...

Cheers...