That sounds like the Obama I have come to know.

When reading this sort of article, I always wonder what kind of Obama employee/loyalist makes a statement like that to any news reporter. It's extremely damaging to Obama to leak this kind of story, even if it's no surprise to most of us.

#2 - someone who wants to be perceived as "in the know" by reporters and doesn't care about the consequences of spilling inside information.

Just like the one who spilled all the info about the OBL raid.

Why would anyone expect him to take the debate seriously? He takes nothing else that the US people consider important to be serious. Such a narcissist.

My guess is he's never had any pushback in his life.

Arrogance will come back and bite you on the butt every time. Zippy better get some antibiotics for that wound on his backside. Oh, the schadenfreude!

1. I don't believe this garbage some "top aide" is spewing. No one worth their salt would be saying such things.

2. Sununu was correct when he said that Obummer is LAZY

So, on a whim, Barry decides to visit Hoover dam in lieu of debate prep. Results?

Emblematic of a man who has skated all through his academic and political life. The hubris of this empty suit is astonishing. He actually believed he won the debate?? It's only a matter of time before reality catches up with him.

#4. Why would he have a push back? He is the product of affirmative action.

Proof positive that he is even dumber then I thought. "The smartest man to ever walk the face of the earth"...................my behind!! hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Pothead 0bama concentrate for debate prep? I don't think that is possible. And IMO he STILL believes that he won. He also believes that all of us who think he lost are stupid and delusional so is playing along with campaign advice but believes he won nonetheless.

He believes a LOT of things; most of them are also wrong.

Poor judgement on full view for all Obama voters.
Obama is simply incapable.

Wow, man - what a drag.

/contempt off/

How is this like the Choom Wagon?

Zero is a delusional malignant Narcissist. What else was he to believe?

His parents weren't legally married so he's not even a legitimate birth.

There's a word for folks like him. Bast_rd.

Choom does not constitute debate preparation, particulary when one is ignorant, incompetent and lazy.

There are still a few adults left in the Democrat Party, or so I've heard. They are no doubt as sick of Obama as the rest of America.

Landslide.

Whoever shopped Obama on this one is suffering from "Look what I've done for you and this is how you repay me?" syndrome. It's usually closely followed by "Watch this!"

Not a bright man, but rather a childish narcissist who has been told his entire life that whatever feeble effort he makes is brilliant.

''Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad [with pride]''.

Obama cannot win any of these debates. He does not have the capacity to retain information and pull it from his memory when he needs it. Telepromptering has caused his faculties to deteriorate. He is like most affirmative action hires. Everyone's excited to have him on board at first, then they realize he has been hired for the wrong reasons.

What if he went to Hoover dam to prove he could walk on water? Everyone would see a drowning, and after resuscitation 0 would say, "I told you all I could do it."

DUH!

From the article it sounds like Obama didn't know that the Hoover Dam was near Las Vegas.

Smartest man ever, or Joe Biden's mental equal?

Leftists, like Obama, live in a dream world where feelings trump facts. He feels nothing but contempt for Romney, as his face revealed during the debate. In his arrogance, he assumed everyone else shares that contempt. I would have loved to watch his puzzlement as his aids struggled to break the news to him. Notice that his first reaction was that Romney cheated in some way, "That wasn't the real Romney!" I'll bet he still believes he bested Romney, but everyone else is too stupid to see that.

This article explains a lot. Obama was probably singing, "I am the Champion." in his head during the debate.

The really amusing thing here is the reason why Zippy thought he had won. Apprently his view was that his idea about the future direction of the country was superior to Romney. Liberals (thank god) never learn!

He probably believes that he already won debates #2 and #3 while wearing a Big Bird suit. Too funny... and very scary for our country.

Article doesn't allude to a top aide as the source but a top Democrat close to the campaign...sounds to me like someone on Kerry's team or someone responsible for debate prep and handling Kerry and Obama during it is the sourcel....CYA or push-back from attempts to throw Kerry under the bus...

I'll bet he's a real treat to work for...

Narcissism combined with great ability can work, but narcissism and mediocrity do not go well together. The same goes for laziness. A person who is brilliant but lazy often accomplishes remarkable things - but someone who is mediocre and lazy will flop unless they are lucky or have a lot of outside help.

Obama is unlikely to have room in his head, swollen and empty though it is, for the idea that he is a person of very modest abilities. He is clearly somewhat above average in intelligence, but he is nowhere near as bright as he has been led to believe. He is certainly not smart enough to coast through a debate with someone like Mitt Romney. It is telling that his self-evaluation of his performance was that he had won the debate. He probably still believes that even though he says otherwise.

What now? Can he improve? He is still a narcissist; he is still lazy; and he is still a man of modest abilities, much too modest for the position he was given by infatuated voters who took him at his own self-estimate.

The only thing Obama has ever clearly done well is deliver prepared speeches to friendly audiences. He is a combination of a Toastmaster, a preacher, and a TV host. But it is all talk, all style, and no real substance. His political ideas are trite and stale, warmed over campus radicalism. There is no reason to suppose any amount of debate preparation can alter these things.

Obama seems to believe in a lot of things that don't make sense in the real world. If I were Romney, I might just ask the question "Is this how he operates with foreign leaders?" Because if it is, we have already become a third world party at the top.

Der Führer schläft noch immer.

“So Mr. President, how would you grade yourself on your first debate?”

“Personally, I would give myself an A- in that debate, because I admit I didn’t give a perfect performance this time. I figured anyone with a decent IQ could see thru Gov. Romney’s lies, so I didn’t waste my time embarrassing him. Not that I couldn’t have, it would have been easy. The retorts were right on the tip of my tongue, and while you probably thought I was struggling with some of my answers, I was really just trying to exercise great leadership by not descending to his level. I think people will realize this given some time. You have to get past the words in the debate and the ridiculous polls in order to truly grasp what a big loss that was for my opponent.”

Yo..yo...BAAAHAAAHAAA...BO, aka "stinky", been smokin weed again

If he is that ignorant and delusional to think that he won that debate, he does not have the intelligence to be a dog catcher, much less the President of the United States.
Lets all get together and retire him now.

Leroy XVI and Michelle Antoinette...Debates are for little people

This may be floated to imply there is room for discussion as to the debate's outcome. If you're sure Romney won, you lack the depth and nuance of unstupid, elite lefties. Textbook dissembly.

Poster 35, he does not have the intelligence to be a dog catcher.

Just goes to show how damned stupid Obama is.

Now maybe zippy's debate prep team will work him so hard that his head will explode. He'll be so weewee'd up and anxious that he'll melt down at the podium in front of the whole world.

This, to me, sounds like a mop-up story. The MSM has been trying for a week to "understand" and process O's performance. And since the truth is not to their liking they now can say his "poor" performance was related to "busy schedule" and his "disdain" for Romney. The last part being a really stupid reason - disdain.
I personally think Obama did all he could do under the circumstances; and he failed to explain what he's done in the past 4 years in order to be re-elected. No amount of preparation can undo or explain, effectively, his failed leadership.

Yeah, he was really strutting as he exited the stage. /s

"Peasants! You may lick my feet!"

The 72% who think he lost are just too dumb to appreciate his brilliance. Reform or you will be punished.

I don't think BO or the Librul Media realizes that Obama (and MOoch) became over-exposed after the first 6 months in office and that the public are genuinely fatigued at him droning on and on, but saying nothing. It certainly doesn't help that droning O is always wasting air space. One of the best things about Romney and Ryan is, that after Obama, they seem brief, to the point and fresh.

I have a feeling that when Obama loses, he will say he really did not want a second term. That's why the rumor is floating around that perhaps Obama does not want to win, to save face when he loses.

I think #33 can read Obama's mind.

My Wee-Wee Board tells me that at their second debate FLOTUS will expose her arms. And for their third debate Obama will utilize socks, a la Bore Gore.

For sure, Michelle knew that he lost; you could see it all over her face.

He didn't know the Hoover Dam was close to Las Vegas. OK...Good thing it wasn't a geography bee, he might have done poorly.

I agree w/ the poster who said the source is probably someone close to the J F'n Kerry camp. No way do they want the blame for this hurricane Katrina of a debate ADDisaster to fall on their shoulders.