last Wednesday, the President pissed me off

[andym]

52. The President knows he didn't have a good debate

He's said as much in public now. His team reported that he was having alternately good and bad practice debates, so inconsistency is partly to blame and his team didn't expect the lying moderate Romney that appeared at the debate. I only don't understand the last point, since Romney has telegraphed what he was going to do clearly enough for amateurs to see, for example http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021416757 .

So, 1) He knows he needs to do better, 2) He is likely going to do more practices (I hope), 3) He knows what to expect from Romney.
All these factors should result in an improved performance.

He has to make his narrative strong about how he's helped the economy. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021495764

He also needs to explain why a mean, lean government (as he's previously called it) is important.