Destro,

I’ll go you one better - I think this was Obama pulling a rope-a-dope. Drawing Romney out to establish all of his distortions, lies, fallacies, etc and getting the full measure of what Romney is as a debater (as prepped at robo central). All the better to respond via ads, campaign speeches and finally in the next debate which will be a Town Hall forum - much better for Obama when he is on his feet rather then tied to a podium.

That’s a theory. That said, I was not thrilled with his listless performance and the fact that he did not factually rebut many of Romney’s claims/lies. That he did not cite the 47% remark was amazing and frustrating. His body language was poor and he was, at best, distant. I hope this was a planned distraction and not a preview of things to come.

I also hope my “theory” is correct as he/we cannot afford to,loose any advantage in the polls as this will be a tight election and the thought of a Romney presidency is more then I can bear.