Just Give Him The Ball!

Hindrance
Like other presidents, Mr. Obama’s debate preparations were hindered by his day job, his practice sessions often canceled or truncated because of events, advisers said. One session took place just after he addressed a service for the four Americans slain in Libya, leaving him distracted.

Mr. Obama does not like debates to begin with, aides have long said, viewing them as media-driven gamesmanship. He did not do all that well in 2008 but benefited from Senator John McCain’s grumpy performances. Mr. Obama made clear to advisers that he was not happy about debating Mr. Romney, whom he views with disdain. It was something to endure, rather than an opportunity, aides said. (NYT, 10/7/2012)

...and the dog ate his homework. How pathetic. Unfortunately for Obama, people are catching on to the real issue: he is lazy.

Sourced
Prompted by what they call regulatory attacks on their business and personal attacks on their character, executives and employees of Goldman Sachs have largely abandoned Mr. Obama and are now the top sources of money to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican Party. (WSJ, 10/9/2012)

Never as brilliant as they thought they were, Goldman Sachs gets religion.

Buckle Up
Hiring hundreds of thousands of additional teachers won't improve student achievement. It will bankrupt state and local governments, whose finances are already buckling under bloated payrolls with overly generous and grossly underfunded pension and health benefits. (Jay P. Greene, WSJ, 10/8/2012)

Even Mitt Romney is forced to play along with the "invest in education" malarkey. We hope that one day a politician will stand up and say what some Op-ed writers have said: "we will not hire more teachers who are not going to be held to proficiency standards and whose union dues fuel the Democrat party coffers."

Undeserving
President Obama deserves credit for killing Osama bin Laden, but the Republican challenger is right to say that doesn't amount to a successful foreign policy. (WSJ, 10/8/2012)

And yet that is the sum total of what any honest person would say about Obama's foreign policy achievements. You cannot say that the Middle East is stable, that Iran is no longer a threat, that Putin is on board, that our former enemies now like us.... 

Conservative Women: Brilliant, Good Looking and Funny!
If it’s a day that ends in “y,” it’s a day of trouble for an Obama green loan recipient somewhere in America. (Michelle Malkin)

New poll shows Obama leading from behind. (Ann Coulter)

Trending
Liberal television hosts have all recently adopted a new interview technique (confirming that they received the memo from Obama Re-election HQ). Goes like this: A Romney supporter says something critical about Obama; the host feigns shock and generously offers the supporter the opportunity to "take the comment back." Too bad for the host that kick-a$$ Republicans like John Sununu and Rudy Guiliani refuse...and then repeat the comment!

RedStateVT Predicts
Obama will do better in the next debate. Whereupon MSNBC will crown him "the Comeback Kid."