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President Obama: Debate Prep Is ‘Going Great’

Oct. 14, 2012 8:45pm

There’s nothing like a solid defeat in the ring to make someone suddenly warm to training for the next fight, as President Obama seems to have found out in the wake of his humiliating defeat by GOP nominee Mitt Romney at the first Presidential debate in Denver, Colorado. Unlike in the run-up to that debate, when Obama made jokes about being made to do his homework, now the president is openly celebrated the process when asked by a reporter how it was going at a Williamsburg campaign office.

“It’s going great,” Obama replied, according to Politico.

Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki fleshed out the president’s clipped response, making it clear that the president had no intention of turning in a performance with similarities to the one he was so widely panned for two weeks ago.

β€œThe president is his own harshest critic and he knows Mitt Romney had a better night at the first debate,” Psaki said. β€œThe American people should expect to see a much more energized President Obama making a passionate case for why he is a better choice for the middle class.”

This view – of Obama as “his own harshest critic” – contradicts some of the initial reporting after the disastrous debate, which suggested that Obama had originally believed himself to have bested Romney. In all likelihood, that impression has been dismissed by his aides, and now the president is in full training mode against Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who is playing Mitt Romney in the debate prep sessions.

Tuesday’s upcoming debate at Hofstra University on Long Island will offer many opportunities for missteps by both candidates. Unlike the first presidential debate – a relatively straightforward exchange of ideas between Obama and Romney with moderator Jim Lehrer mostly looking on – Tuesday’s debate will be hosted in a “town hall” format, with questions asked directly by undecided voters.

This setting may carry problematic implications for both candidates. On the one hand, town hall debates tend to reward shows of empathy, as Bill Clinton demonstrated with his well-known “I feel your pain” answer in the town hall debate against George H. W. Bush, which puts the relatively stiff Romney at a disadvantage. On the other hand, town hall debates tend to be a bad place to go negative, given that too much negativity can sometimes turn off the very undecided voters whose questions the candidates are supposed to be answering. This latter problem afflicts Obama especially hard, given that his campaign has increasingly been relying on attacking Romney.

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  • go2gym
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:02pm

    β€œIt’s going great,” Obama replied.

    “Our plan worked,” Obama said.
    “I promise to close Gitmo in my first year,” said Obama.
    “I will take public campaign funds,” said candidate Obama in 2008.
    “I will cut the deficit in half, by the end of my first term,” said Obama.
    “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” stated President Obama.

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    • HappyConservative
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:15pm

      Gosh. I wonder if Obama will come off as an “angry half/ black man” then. LOL.

      The single most pampered and pandered to president in American history once again has to attempt to defend his dismal record and including the blood of 4 Americans working for him in Libya on his watch. This should be rich. I will be watching, as always. And praying for good (Romney) vs evil(that other guy)

      Remember – God’s Providence ….Blessings!

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:29pm

      I think Obama is going to get trounced again in debate 2. Obama got slapped in debate 1 for his foolish rhetoric and then he was out on the campaign trail the next day repeating the same thing Romney just scolded him for the previous evening. It will be sad Tuesday for Obama:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzosY8d8Mfw

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    • Zekron
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:16am

      Obama, a second rate intellect. Romney is going to take him down. I’m sending large contributions to Romney, Obama has already lost hundreds of millions of advertising dollars casting Romney as a bad guy cancelled during the first debate.

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    • nzkiwi
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:31am

      I think that he realises that, barring a miracle, he will lose the election and this knowledge has affected his performance.

      I doubt that he will be much improved in the coming debate, and if he loses it he will probably just sleepwalk through the last one.

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    • Independent4233
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 8:50am

      “Winning” a debate according to the left means acting forceful, aggressive and interrupting. If the conduct is childish an immature so much the better.

      If Obama fails to offer anything of substance and distorts his record, but adheres to the foregoing, the left will declare him the greatest orator of all time.

      It isn’t possible to impress children who live in a fantasy world, with sound logic and facts.

      The latest videos reinforce prior data which reveals this man to be a race-baiting antagonist who is easily the biggest liar and instigator ever to run for office and that’s saying an awful lot considering poolitics is rife with them.

      Everything he does is for the benefit of blacks and if anyone else is included it is an unintended consequence.

      He’s the US’s first black, racist president.

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    • HKS
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 8:57am

      The word is he wants to come out and hammer on Bain Capitol. From where I sit that would be the mistake of the century, that has nothing to do with running the USA and he knows it. I don’t care about a private company, he’s there to run a public company, the USA. So he had better be bringing public business to the table and what he’s going to change to fix his mess. People are not as dumb as he thinks.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 9:16am

      All Obama’s promises were just that – kinda like Nancy Polisie’s “Drain The Swamp.” First there was Charlie Rangel oweing almost $800,000 and then there was Obamas 7 Szars having to decline because of Tax problems. All dropped out except Timmy, the only person that could save the country and he just lied and blamed it on Turbo Tax. I wonder what Obama promised them to not sue. Bottom Line is that Nancy couldn’t get that plug back in fast enough to stop the Draining of The Swamp!

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  • ImMadAsHell
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:02pm

    WHO gives a F is this POS’s debate practice is going good. This man SUX

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:26am

      He thinks he can do no wrong … I am certain he still believes he won the first one .. everyone else is just too stupid to see it …. his own high opinion of himself will be his undoing.

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  • Advection
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:01pm

    Obama doesn’t need to practice zingers, he needs to see a shrink about his malignant narcissistic personality disorder.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 7:23am

      If you have a hidef TV, check for traces of white powder under Barry’s nose. They may let him have a line ot two before this debate just to make him feel normal.

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    • guns-an-bibles
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 9:00am

      HAHAHAHAHA!

      That’s a good one!

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 9:29am

      Gonzo

      I think it will be blood doping. He needs the strength to smile all the time.

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  • wordsofwisdom
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:57pm

    I think that he is about to show his real agenda goals & they are not friendly. He is going to be seen as the simple lying politician that he is. This song is about him called “Ode to Obama” http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/13541875

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  • PaulreveresDarknight
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:51pm

    So he is. And prob murdered those guys to cover up. I thought something was up. Wish that was in an add!! Hint Hint

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  • ShadowPlacebo
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:46pm

    Obama can “prep” all he wants but in the end, it’s gonna be the “plants’ in the audience asking questions and him buying time by “um, er, ah, uh” all the night. Pathetic that this guy is the leader of this great country after proving no skills whatsoever.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:45pm

    Thanks to LEADNOTFOLLOW –

    If I were debating Gaybama, and the sleeze-bag hit me with a low blow, I’d ask him about

    1. Donald Young,

    2. Larry Bland,

    3. Larry Sinclair and

    4. Nate Spencer

    (sorry – I initially posted it in the wrong spot.

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  • wisehiney
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:44pm

    ann dunham would be going great with joe biden if she was still around.

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  • BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:33pm

    Hey Mr. Romney…..I would like to offer my advice. To win, simply ask the American people if they think that this is the right track for America….?

    1.) Unemployed Americans since President Obama took office……Up by almost half a million people
    2.) Unemployment rate is up by 3.4% since President Obama took office
    3.) Long term unemployment is up by 87% since Obama took office
    4.) Middle class income is down by $3,960.00
    5.) Gas prices up 107%
    6.) Home values down by 11% since Obama took office
    7.) Worker health insurance costs up 23% since Obama took office
    8.) Sending your kids to college since Obama was inaugurated….up 25%
    9.) Americans living in poverty increased by 6.4 million since Obama took office
    10.) Food stamp recipients increased by 46% since President Obama took office
    11.) Consumer price index (inflation) is up 9.1% since Obama took office
    12.) Federal debt is up 51% since Obama took office
    13.) The United States ranked #1 in Global Competitiveness the day Obama walked into office. Since his inauguration….we have declined to #7

    If you really need a part two ask the American people about their electricity prices. SEE BDS Reply!

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    • BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:36pm

      Here’s another inconvenient truth for the President. When people wake up and start asking….why are my electricity bills so high? The President doesn’t want to talk about the fact that 50% of our electricity comes from coal fired electricity generating units. We have approximately 500 of these units nationwide. President Obama is using the EPA to shut down coal. There are 111 expected and known closures from 2009-2012. That is 1/5th of the Nations nearly 500 coal plants.

      Question of the day for supporters of Obama……..If you take away 1/5th of the Nations coal plants, what do you think will happen to your electricity rates in the coming months?

      Not to mention within the next 3-5 years more than 200 coal-fired electricity generating units are to be shut down across 25 states due to President Obama and his EPA loving regulations. (This is speaking to electricity rates only…..NOT JOB LOSSES)

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    • woodyee
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:42pm

      Your figures are low, probably an old web posting. The price of gas when Gaybama was elected was approx. $1.87

      Middle class income is down by approx $5000

      Unemployment was approx 5% when he was elected. Real figures are well over 8%, so unemployment since he took office is up approx 60%.

      Those are just a few off the top of my head, but any way you slice it, we’re much better off WITHOUT Gaybama.

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    • wisehiney
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:46pm

      Local power company is requesting approval for a 14% increase from state regulators right now, due to closing of coal plants.

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    • Advection
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:02pm

      You forgot to mention, real unemployment among blacks is at Great Depression levels.

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    • Schoenradt
      Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:03am

      Well Stated ! I still do not understand why some people can not put ( 2 n 2 ) together and come up with the true answers. We can not go another (4) more yrs with this admin. He will have allowed the muslim brotherhood further access to the White House. I have followed Glenn Beck from cnn ( communist news network ) through fox news, ( where he was not allowed to speak the Truth ) explaining just what has been going in the white house behind closed doors. Again Well Stated.

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  • dealer@678
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:27pm

    Obama is nothing without Valerie Jarrett speaking to him through his teleprompter. Romney is gonna embarass him again on national tv. In fact Romney will humiliate him

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  • CynthiaCOG
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:26pm

    Just wanted to let folks know that “Dreams of My Real Father” is now available on NetFlix.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:22pm

    I hate drug addicts.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:14pm

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    Nostradamus – Ray Mabus – Obama the anti-Christ – Is there a connection?

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:09pm

    you LIE!

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  • PaulreveresDarknight
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:07pm

    I wonder about this down low club of Rev Wright. Is that why he is Commy and not full Muslim. ? Did I just find something? Go ahead and censure me Blaze

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  • Individualism
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:06pm

    so if all goes according to script Obama wins since the vote counting company is owned by his supporters like Soros.

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  • crackerone
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:03pm

    Going great! Got rid of John Kerry, brought in Al Frankin, and my man Reggie Love is bringing me my back-rub as soon as Michelle heads to all you can eat 5 star restaurant.

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  • desert buckeye
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:02pm

    What’s the commie-in-chief gonna do? Call his vice president a liar? Afterall, didn’t crazy, uncle Joe say that the middle class has been buried over the last four years? He must have thought Bush has been president for the last four years.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:02pm

    Translation – he’s running scared.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:58pm

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    Obama has no record at all, to run on.
    No school record, no job record, no Senate record, no Presidential record.

    Obama just dropped out of nowhere, and the media crawled into bed with him, without ever vetting him. The media propped him up and made a God out of him.
    Sounds a lot like the anti-Christ.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:45pm

      New ad, narrated by Morgan freeman,, “the last thing we can do is turn back now”–FORWARD, like Fiedel Castro says– ANDEDEJI

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  • BIGWUN
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:55pm

    O’s campaign is not “increasingly relying on on attacking Romney”. It is the only tactic they have used since the start of the campaign. In O’s case the start was Inauguration day, 2009. The Clown Prince has no facts on his side so personal attacks are all he has.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:52pm

    Hoo-hoo! Man, deys got dey crack-pipe workin’ O.T. on da down-low, juniah! Michelle, she gots t’be somewheas on de Riviera wid some male French models, mmhmm…work it, garl!

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:50pm

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    Obama’s debate prep is going great. The clone is ready to take his place.

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    • GumRock
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 10:20pm

      Are you Suggesting Osama is still alive ?
      a quick shave and wedge that bullet out of his head with a bottle opener
      he’s Good to Go.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:50pm

    So they’re going to let you use a teleprompter after all you Marxist mulatto maggot munching racist bi sexual anti American POS bastard fraud heathen?

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:51pm

      Stop holding back.

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    • woodyee
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:55pm

      “Tuesday’s debate will be hosted in a β€œtown hall” format, with questions asked directly by undecided voters.”

      No doubt in my mind they’ll be stacking the deck against Romney. Gaybama could say that 2+2=5, and when Romney corrects him, they’re going to drown him in boos…

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    • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:59pm

      An accurate description, slightly emotional, but accurate nevertheless!!!

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:00pm

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      You forgot to add anti-Christ.

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    • taxpro4u03
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:33pm

      Breakfast Club… You forgot LAZY, DISRESPECTFUL… **air SMACK** “STFU, B*tch and fix me a turkey pot-pie” — Romney simply needs to be CLEAR, direct and non-evasive on what it TAKES to make lives better. OPPORTUNITY without interference from bloated gubmint. CONGRESS ‘writes tax law.’ – 20% across the board for individuals at ALL income levels AND reducing the Corporate NET income tax rate is great. HISTORY tells us that the auto industry was SAVED (early 1900′s) by imposing a double-digit IMPORT TARIFF… Let China do what it wants – Investors ‘expect’ a return on investment — just like we ‘all’ do when we go to Vegas…. present FACTS that America has the natural resources to provide for her OWN energy needs and WHY global warming is a scientific MYTH. RESPONSIBLE environmental management (not like the continuously leaky BP Spill) DE-regulate and ELIMINATE wasteful spending which produces nothing — “That’s all I know how to do – and I’m pretty good at it – it’ll CREATE ’12 million LIVING WAGE jobs.’ THIS guy ‘talks,’ — I will ACT.” On Foreign Policy — go all Jeffersonian on him. We didn’t HAVE a Marine Corp til Jefferson sent them to — TRIPOLI to shut down the very threat the current administration apologizes for. Call it what it IS. Take the mittens off the cats and let them CATCH the mice to FIX the ‘rat problem.’ — Bring up Smedley Butler – a ‘just’ war isn’t about…. COMMERCE for Capitalists, but to PROTECT American citizens -

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  • Ronko
    Posted on October 14, 2012 at 8:48pm

    Debate prep with John Kerry, yeah I’ll take that with a grain of salt. Since it’s a town hall, it’ll be a tie but the next one will go to Romney. Obama can’t run on his foreign record.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on October 14, 2012 at 9:06pm

      Now that the MSM is an active participant in the debates again, you can’t trust that any debate will be on subject. The Ryan-Biden debate was supposed to be 50% economy and 50% foreign policy, but in reality, 95% of the time was allocated to foreign policy, Biden’s supposed strong suit.

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