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President Obama Gets in on the Debate Expectations-Lowering Game

Governor Romney is a good debater. I’m just okay,” Obama told a crowd of 11,200 in Las Vegas on Sunday night. “Folks in the media are already speculating on who is going to have the best zingers, who is going to put the most points on the board,” he added, saying that he’s more interested in giving “serious” answers to policy questions. Either he’s given up on his strategy of not boring the American people, or he wants us to be surprised when Wednesday night’s debate takes the tone of a Friars Club roast.

Obama Lowers Debate Expectations