Scott Rasmussen
Obama may need a Reagan comeback
After a very poor performance in the first debate of 1984, many wondered whether Reagan’s age had caught up with him. Walter Mondale and his team thought they had a chance. But the veteran performer turned it all around at the beginning of the second debate by pledging not to make his “opponent’s youth and inexperience an issue” in the campaign. Even Mondale laughed, although he had to know his chances of winning the election disappeared at that moment.
Does Obama have a comeback like that in him? We’ll find out on Oct. 16.
Until then, all we can say for sure is that Romney had a good first debate and the next four weeks should be a lot more interesting on the campaign trail.
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It’s really sad – like when someone gets humiliated, and then later, they think “oh, I have such an epic comeback, why didn’t I say that at the time?” (The answer usually being that it really wasn’t much of a comeback). But instead of moving on, they replay the event over and over again in their mind.
Listening to Obama in the last few days, it’s like he still hasn’t accepted that the debate is over, and he’s still trying to turn it into a win.
RINO in Name Only on October 7, 2012 at 3:23 PM
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