Has anybody been watching the debates lately? You’ve got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change. It’s true. You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of somebody dying because they don’t have healthcare and booing a service member in Iraq because they’re gay. That’s not reflective of who we are,

President Barack Obama

Obama says GOP debates ‘not reflective of who we are’ – latimes.com

Because Obama is just so non-partisan, right? C’mon, bro, insulting Republicans isn’t a. winning you any votes or b. making you appear at all messiah-like. So your strategy for 2012 doesn’t match your strategy for 2008, the latter being the best campaign in history (seriously, as a marketing junkie, I am still in awe of that campaign… not the candidate, but the campaign). Should have stuck with the plan: ‘do as the handlers say’. They are very good handlers.