Obama Gets Tough When Armed With His Teleprompter

The day after the debate, Obama came out swinging with his teleprompter loaded up with zingers to counter Romney's excellent win.  Many on the left wondered where "this tough Obama" was on the debate night.  But, what you are seeing between the debate and the days following is the real Obama.

Obama is only tough when he's in front of an adoring crowd; where no one actually questions what he's saying.  He has always preferred softball interviews like those with the View and David Letterman or, from the friendly media types at NBC, CBS, and ABC.  When he is truly grilled, like he was by Univision, he doesn't fair well.  This is most likely why he has had so few press conferences in the last year. The bottom line is that Obama is not as quick thinking on his feet as people seem to think.  When cornered with a tough question, he will stammer and stutter and simply try to divert answering that question by going off on another issue or by throwing another question back in the questioners face.  This is a classic defensive debate technique used by those arguing from weakness. That's what we saw from Obama many times in last Wednesday's debate.

We might see an angrier Obama at the next debate, but I guarantee you, that he stands for so many weak positions that he has no choice but to return to his defensive ways. 

--- For Reference: NPR: Despite Obama's High Latino Support, Univision Puts Him On the Hot Seat:  http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/09/20/161495589/despite-obamas-high-latino-support-univision-puts-him-on-hot-seat