I do think the video pushed by Carlson/Drudge the night before was released not really to change voters’ minds on anything directly, but to throw Obama off his debate game. They surely coordinated with Romney’s campaign on that, knowing Romney’s plan was to get tougher on Obama in the debate than he’s been on the stump so far. The video was meant to scare Obama into trying to play the role of the “nice guy” so he didn’t confirm the impression of him being angry shown in the video. So the roles got reversed, Romney was tough and Obama was nice, which totally confounded everyone’s expectations.
I’ve wondered the same thing about that tape - it in itself wasn’t THAT shocking to those of us who pay attention - maybe the worst thing to me was the fake accent - but the timing of the release had to affect Zero.
As bad as zero was last night it’s hard to imagine he’ll be better on foreign policy. The ME is burning, countries with policies he favors are crumbling, he’s being endorsed by dictators because he opposes fracking....and on and on...
Why anyone ever thought the coddled inexperienced community organizer who refuses to show his records - especially school records - would even understand economics and be good at one of the toughest jobs in the world is something I’ve never understood.