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FlownOver, Unraptured's avatar

Barry semi-screwed the pooch in the first '12 debate against Mittens. He seemed unprepared and disengaged, and people started having brown trouser moments about the re-election campaign.

The turning-back point was the VP debate, when OHJB whupped major "malarkey" ass on Paul Ryan and we breathed easier. Barry came back stronger in the remaining sessions and essentially held serve. IMO the first debate damaged the Obama aura of invincibility and was one reason he did less well than in '08.

Of course, that was all before everyone in the country had already decided the other side's guy is Sauron risen again.

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Also too, people who heard the debate on radio couldn't see Nixon's quasi-mortuary makeup or the sweat on his upper lip.

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