last Wednesday, the President pissed me off

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25. ABM, maybe not

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I think we'll see a difference in the next debate but I don't think the "angry black male" is the President's style, he's more a "cerebral black male" who'll be ready to confront the shape-shifter with passion, reason and, quite frankly, the truth." You're right about the President having a good record to run on and he should definitely use that in his arguments. I don't agree with you, however, on the so called "enthusiasm gap." Chuck Toad put that out there yesterday but I think that's just a construct of his to try to keep the race narrow. Remember, he works for a network that makes big money off campaign advertising that increases as the race narrows. And what the hell does he know from that beltway bubble in D.C. that he doesn't leave? I work with Organizing for America on the Presidents campaign and do voter reg, phone banking and canvassing. There is no enthusiasm gap that I see on the ground and I've been working since January. I'm in Vegas and there is much enthusiasm here. We've out-registered the repugs by 2 to 1 here in Nevada. Many Latinos especially have expressed eagerness to register and they even tell me they're voting for "Obama, Obama!" So no, Chuck Toad is wrong and we shouldn't fall for how the media tries to program us. I myself am still upset at how the media, even MSNBC pundits went crazy that night declaring that lying Romney the winner when the President stayed calm and serious and delivered substantive information. How do you instantly be declared the winner of a debate when all your statements are lies? It was all media hype and too many people, IMO, fell for the hype because that's what they were told. Where are all the independent thinkers who don't fall into the groupthink trap? I don't think the President lost, and I watched it with several other campaign workers and we all felt the same way. He just wasn't the razzle-dazzle flashy lying bully that the media seems to adore. We were all astonished and disgusted at the MSNBC pundits meltdown and gushings over Romney and wondered what debate they were watching (except, notably, Sharpton, O'Donnell and Bashir who differed markedly with their colleagues)?