The first debate is over, the post-debate spins are quieting down, and the campaigns are working diligently to set up the narratives for the next round.
After hundreds of millions of dollars spent on negative attack ads by the Obama Team, it appears the debate performance by Mitt Romney was enough to deconstruct months of the false narratives. I think this segment from Charles Krauthammer encapsulates the Romney gain effectively.
In my opinion President Obama failed miserably because he was unprepared. Not actually unprepared in the sense of debate policy prep per se’, but more along the lines of unprepared to face the consequences for his own policy failures being called out on him. (more…)




