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Buzzfeed: “Aides to President Barack Obama are sparing nothing — including their boss's balance — in an almost comical attempt to lower expectations for the president in next week's debate with Mitt Romney. On Air Force One today, traveling press secretary Jen Psaki was asked by reporters what the worst thing that could happen to him on Wednesday night. ‘Well, he could fall off the stage,’ she replied of the president.
"‘The president will have some time to prepare and he's been doing some studying, but it is certainly less than we have anticipated because of events in the Middle East, because of his busy travel schedule — because of just the constraints of governing,’ she added. ‘So it is less than we originally planned.’ Psaki lamented the president's ‘loquaciousness’ and argued that Romney is the most prepared debater in presidential debate history — on account of his preparation sessions going back to May.”
Bill Clinton will campaign for Obama in New Hampshire Wednesday, the same day as the first presidential debate.
Obama leads narrowly in North Carolina in a state that should demographically be tougher for him. But AP finds a robust grassroots organization on the ground for the president: “Dozens of volunteers armed with clipboards and voter registration forms gather at President Barack Obama’s field office here every day. Their mission: Fan out across the city seeking new voters in this rapidly growing state,” AP writes, adding, “The effort, it seems, has borne fruit — to the tune of more than 250,000 new registered voters in North Carolina since April 2011, according to Obama’s team. That’s more new voters than the campaign has registered anywhere else in the country. It’s an eye-popping total in a state that Obama won by just 14,000 votes four years ago.”
“Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) joined President Barack Obama in Virginia Beach today and issued a stinging attack on Mitt Romney's failure to mention veterans during his presidential nomination acceptance speech, while also noting that Romney did not serve in the military,” Roll Call notes. Webb said, "They will not say this, so I will say it for them. They are owed, if nothing else, at least a mention, some word of thanks and respect, when a presidential candidate who is their generational peer makes a speech accepting his party's nomination to be commander in chief. And they are owed much more than that - a guarantee that we will never betray the commitment that we made to them and to their loved ones."
“Billionaire financier George Soros has given $1 million to the primary super PAC helping President Obama,” USA Today notes. “The funding is a boost to Priorities USA Action in the final weeks of the campaign.”
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hmmm. seems i was berated for saying that Ms. Psaki was still employed, when the right wing troll said she was no longer working for the campaign. This article would tend to point out the troll was incorrect...
falling off the stage would be bad, but allowing Mr. Romney to look good in this debate is the worst thing that could happen to the President. All the gains he's been making can be reversed if Mr. Romney comes out of the debate on top (unlikely as it may be, it would be disasterous for the President).
You know as well as us all that the president is in real big trouble without the teleprompter. His rambling on the time clock won't produce the intended response he needs to make.
Romney will be the winner as he has so much ammunition.
KKK , I'm not sure how many rounds he has left..... Maybe you noticed he has a habit of shooting himself in the foot
kkwilson
I don't recall Obama using a teleprompter in the 2008 debates with John McCain. I do, however, remember the controversy about the mysterious lump in the back of G.W. Bush's coat during a debate with John Kerry that suggested Bush cheated by wearing a hidden radio receiver that Karl Rove used to tell Bush what to say.
Two Points;
One, the President does just fine with out a teleprompter, he is very effective in town hall events.
Two, this debate if you did not know it has not strict time limits with limited interruption by the moderator. So yes the president does tend to get long winded and professorial, but he wont be constrained in the first event by a clock.
reliant.......I've seen Obama professional once,talking basketball.
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Check out the complete list of President Obama's Historic Firsts... that's all Mitt will need to remember.
Haha, looks like Obama should of studied up for the debate instead of bouncing around doing television interviews! He looked like stumbling, bumbling fool last night.
OK, here it is -- Obama Firsts: 1. first black president - yeah, we're not racist. 2. pushed obama care without republican support down America's throats. 3. Has a wife with awesome bicepts. 4. Has hung out with Jay-z, Beyonce and George Clooney. 5. Ignored Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu and forgetting they're our biggest and most mentally stable country in the middle east! Way to go, Obamer!
That is because that is what he is!
Referring to Obama as the "President" just seems odd after last night.
Al; Gore Blames the altitude for Obamas poor performance at the 2012 presidential debate last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtkw8stAlrM&feature=share
LOL !
Obama's town hall events are always carefully planned and screened including any journalist covering it. Can't have tough questions from the participants. Rarely is it when journalist gets to directly ask the Prez tough questions that could be a problem for him.
poor Barack..hanging out with Jay-Z, yukking it up with Letterman and The View gals, and fundraisers in Vegas and CO cut into his debate prep. The most priceless line is "the constraints of governing" as though they have had any impact on the campaigner-in-chief who, nearly four years later, does not seem to know that he actually won the job.
Alex... You need to get some new talking points.. Your comments were worn out and ineffective days ago.
Time to wake up!
See: wtfu dot com
Want to know how Obama gets people to vote for him? Click on the following link;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio
From One Jersey Girl To Another WTFU And Educate Yourself
WTFU and stop making excuses for Obama. He has failed miserably, and the Obie toadies still chant 4 more, 4 more- give me my obamaphone!
President Bush gave up golf while a war was going on. President Obama is showing how easy it is to play golf while US Soldiers are dying on the battlefield.
A quarter of a million newly registered voters! This in a State won by Obama by only 14k votes last election.. While still a tight race in North Carolina, I'd have to say the people in North Carolina and intend to keep Obama in the White House this November.. Maybe they saw the Sam Jackson video?
See: wtfu dot com
Signing up 250K new voters isn't a sure fire gain as democrats turn in all registration forms including those indicating they're republican. That's the reason the GOP hired Nathan Sproul even though he'd been accused since 2004 in almost a dozen states as illegally destroying ballots indicating they were democrats and discouraging people who indicated the were democrats from filling out forms. The GOP did require Nathan to form a new company under a different name and leave his name off the company paper work so his past activities wouldn't draw scrutiny.
He's been caught again just a day ago turning in false registrations with false addresses in more than 10 counties here in Florida. NOW, the GOP has fired him. Please.
Maybe he can get a job with Acorn? Voter ID would put a bipartisan stop to this crap.
Please link us all up to this Acorn voter fraud you aloud too?
Acorn was cleared of all accusations a long time ago. How far back have you been looking in your old talking points memos?
Seems the real provable election fraud is being perpetrated by none other then the family values people ... The Tea Party Republicans.
Crystal.........How many times can you vote a year showing your ID?
I love it, you libtards claim voter fraud doesn't occur and voter ID laws disenfranchise voters, but then cite instances of voter fraud...
Dem spin: "If Romney fails to invoke the Divine Wrath and blast Obama to smithereens with holy Mormon lightning, we'll consider that a victory."
GOP spin: "If Obama's diabolical mind-control powers do not reduce Romney to a blubbering shell of his true, dynamic self, we'll consider that a victory."
Not much to contend with your spin analysis, Skip...
What's your personal prediction re: debate outcome?
You had better believe that the liars on Fox have already written their pieces congratulating Romney on the fantastic job he did. They just have to wait for the clips from the actual debate to fill in the blanks.
Of course, the folks at MSNBC are undoubtedly working on theirs as well.
Romney is going to wipe the floor with Obama.
All Obama can do is lie about his record.
Sure, the left leaning media will declare him the "winner" but real Americans know Obama's a failure. It stares us in the face everyday.
Please tell us all what a "real american " is??? I personally know a number of democrates and republicans, and we only address ourselves as americans.. could a "real american" only be one who agrees with your ideals and views and the rest of us who don't are not "real americans"???
I don't know. I think most people have already made up their minds about who they are going to vote for by now. Many don't even tune in for the debates. I, for one, could care less about the debates because I know I'm not voting for Romney no matter what lies come out of his mouth during the debates. People who have been paying attention realize that both Willard and his running mate, Ryan, seem to have a serious problem with telling the truth and they don't care if the people they are talking to know they are lying. That, and the fact that Romney is always putting his foot in his mouth, causes me to have major doubts about his ability to lead this country. Not to mention his failure to reign in his out of control Teapublican party which he's supposed to be leading but looks more like they are leading him (right off a cliff).
You think Obama tells the truth? The man has been caught lying almost every single day. He is a pathological liar.
Tell the truth.....you want one of those "free" cell phones.
So your comback for a lie is a lie? Maybe do a little fact checking and see that the phone program starterdd under Raegen, how ever you spell his name, and was redone under Clinton. No free cell phones have been given away under an Obama program
Dadof41401997...........You are uninformed or a liar! According to Catholic Online, Obama has been giving cell phones away with 250 free minutes a month. To the tune of 1.2 Trillion dollars this year! Well, it is an election year, you can't blame Obama for buying votes.
Gail777 - Please review the complete list of historic firsts by President Obama... then tell us how you can support this man, who is literally bankrupting the country and weakening our national security by the day.
I don't need to know more about Romney, I am voting democrat.
Typical
OK Barack
I wonder if anyone will be keeping count of all the flips and flops Romney will do during the debate. I really don't expect to hear many details from Romney because he has too many puppet masters. The GOP will be expecting one thing and the Tea Nuts another, so really what can the man say?
I also wonder how many people will feel betrayed by Romney come debate time. He has catered his message to each group saying whatever it is they want to hear. Those messages will not gel come debate time.
Give us a detail of Obama's plan. Just one.
Whitehouse.gov Have you bothered to look? I suspect not.
All I saw was the same lies he feeds us on a daily basis. And failed policies. Plenty of those.
Ddi you count the number of filabusters the GOP has done to prevent anyprograms from being passed?
Have you counted the number of executive orders Obama has issued to bypass Congress?
You think that every piece of legislation should be passed, no matter how flawed? Uhh....ummmm...maybe there's good reason behind the filabusters?
This sounds like the Republicans new mantra.
Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, Guess I'll go eat worms, long, thin, slimy ones; Short, fat, juicy ones, Itsy, bitsy, fuzzy wuzzy worms.
Down goes the first one, down goes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.
Up comes the first one, up comes the second one,
Oh how they wiggle and squirm.
I guess there is a Stench when you're eating worms
Obama vs. Kerry?
The face off of the D-minus druggies.
It should be epic.
I could really careless about the debates as I have already voted for Romney. Maybe Barry will trip and fall flat on his face just like his leadership, economic and foreign policies.
1SG1973,
Just shows you are a quick dumb-azz!
Just shows you have standards, morals, and know when you've been insulted.
Good for you.
somewhere in alaska, sarah palin is lying on the couch watching tv ... laughing and kicking her feet in the air saying "thank you Mitt, now they know why i was picked over you! now they know im not the dumbest"
OBAMA 2012
Hey RushuraNimrod, that would be Barry Oshambles and Blow Biden are the worst ever..... Even though Barry is "eye candy," not sure which sex though...
rushnirod....OBAMA-Bin-lien Iraq 2012
Hey Limpwrist Liberal Twinkies, looks like you are angry over the LIES OF ONE OF OUR TOP AMBASSADORS AND 3 PEOPLE GETTING SLAUGHTERED in Libya!!!! Get ready because Comrade Shake and Bake is about to get cooked!!!! Gee, how about the Libyan guards having NO BULLETS IN THEIR GUNS????? And where the hell was our SECURITY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 911???? Relax because Mikey Ducockis was up by 16% at the same time before the American people woke up and biotch slapped him. From now until election day, this will be a snowball rolling downhill....
Wow...is that the best you've got?
Yeah your right, The president is the one who makes the decissions and issues the bullets himself to the Libian security forces. Looks like you actually support Obama's hope since thats all you have for Mittons. Hope he can overcome a huge deficit of voter support.Wouldn't it be nice if even his own GOP wasn't bailing ship on him already too
Ah dude...don't vote. I don't care who you are for. Just don't go near the poles.
You need help.
Obama is out to destroy our country and he is doing it by creating huge debt which sacrafices our national security, the safety of our country. He does not care how much debt he creates as he hates capitalism and wants a global economy all of us to be equal well that can't happen. Obama is out to destroy the United States. See the Movie 2016 that will tell you all you need to know about him. We need Mitt Romney in so America will stay as our founders intended it to be. We are the super power.
Yes, the republicans never created any debt. And Romney will use his magic underpants to balance the budget the second he is sworn in so he won't have to borrow any money.
I would say pull your head out but I think it is crammed up your arse too far and will never get out.
Wow..."super power"? Watch "Hunt for Red October" much? Afraid of those launch codes in "socialist" hands?
I'll watch and believe that movie right after I watch a Michael Moore movie and believe that too. Like the parts of the movie how he supposedly gets his ideas from his father that he met one time when he was 10 right? In case you didn't know it, documetories are biased movies that only point out things the way the director wants you to see them, they are't factual.
Dado...............How about Mr Obama's book "Dreams from my Father"
I'm voting for Obama, I know several republicans are voting Obama this time to.
LChandler...I'm a registered Democrat and will be voting for Romney. A sock puppet could do a better job than Obama!
I'm a Democrat, too and I wouldn't vote for Obama for all the free cell phones & food stamps he can send my way.
Taxpayers, like me, and I mean real taxpayers, not the folks that think because they file a return and get thousands back in EITC, are tired of supporting this wasteful and socialistic regime.
We have added trillions in debt and received absolutely no return. We are going into (or have reached) another recession with no word from the White House other than its the Republican's fault. And, now, the government announced it cost the taxpayers $1.4 Billion to keep Barry and Michelle in the lap of luxury to which they have become accustomed.
Seems the $53 million it cost the UK for the Royal family's upkeep is quite the bargain.
Even Lyin-azz Ryan is voting for President Obama!
republicans advocating against Obama is like christians advocating against Harry Potter books. Sadly misinformed. We need to fire the filthy rich owned media advocating for republicans by spreading viscious lies and propaganda for their own gain. Maybe then, repubicans could get a clue.
What are you retarded ? The Media (other than Fox) supports obama continously .
AND WTFU!
WTFU from your koolaid stupor!
Romney/ Ryan 2012. the end of an error
bellyfull.........It is sad you don't comprehend fundamental capitalism as an American. But you sure display your public education on this form.
The best "worst case" scenario is that Paul Ryan files articles of impeachment against Barack Obama for carpetbagging, and against George W. Bush, for the same in oil stocks and bidding, and against W. "Mitt" Romney for sandbagging, has them both arrested for insider trading and false advertising, and disbars John Roberts for conflict of interest. Then the fight begins to capture Roman Polanski, sky pilot of the current media glut, i.e fabricated everything and then some. All without wearing concrete galoshes to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Monroe, thats funny man..terrific wit!. I mean it.
Well, let's see....hmmmm, oh yeah, analogy!...Obama=hot knife, Rpmney= butter.
more like obama= crack pipe
Can someone please explain what George Soros has to do with counting ballots for the presidential election? Is he a government contractor as well as a money source for the incumbent? If there is a relationship it's almost like inviting the fox into the henhouse.
I think what I love most of this republican platform is all the socialist/communist comments about our President. Kinda makes me feel likes it's the 40's and 50's again with McCarthey on his witch hunt. Some things never change I guess
Again, more lies. Obama is a great communicator. he doesnt need to practice the host has already givin him a list of questions that will be asked. What does he need a sparring buddy for.
please, he had to cancel debate prep.....what to go golfing.....visit the 'view'.........smoke a pack of cigarettes out back of the whitehouse.
He is such a narcissist, he doesn't think he has to prepare. pffft
Unfortunately joe webb is not aware that OdumbO never served in the military either. Maybe with al qued@?
I am not a religious nut-only a history buff, but I do believe that God, ultimately, is in charge. I also believe that God has blessed our country as His representative on Earth with the divine task to spread democracy and freedom for all across the globe. In the sanctity of the voting booth I will cast my vote for whom I think God wants for President- It is important that I vote, and I will, but who I vote for is not as important as my obligation to support God's choice , and I will.
Are you saying that you're waiting for a voice to come to you, and tell you who to vote for...?
JAY...IT IS I...Vote FOR OBAMA...
Amen.