Mark Shields' comments on JK role in debate prep (his own correction. .)

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26. Looks like JK presented Obama with every Romney version possible

So he did his job. The President, otoh, seems to have serious problems thinking and reacting on his feet. When he is faced with conflict, where things can get a bit ugly, he backs down.

He really fucked this up on Wednesday, and there is no sugar-coating it. While I don't believe the crazy poll swings this time, I also didn't believe them when we were ahead in the high single digits. This has always been a more or less tied race, which is precisely why this one debate performance can be the deciding factor in favor of Romney. I've long suspected that voters were desperately looking for a reason to NOT vote for Obama. That his support has consistently been very light and soft. They got that excuse handed to them Wednesday night, and twofold. Weak, hapless Obama, contrasted with aggressive, moderate-seeming Romney. For the low information voter who did not realize that Romney lied 27 times in 38 minutes, he looked like the lesser of two evils in that debate.

At this point, I honestly wouldn't want to make a prediction who will win November 6th. We have the ever-present Democratic Voter apathy to deal with, which could be enough to swing the whole thing Romney's way, because his base is chomping at the bit.