Presidential Debate

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. The political impact of tonight’s first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will only partly be a function of the two men’s actual performance. It will also be a product of how they did relative to expectations. President Obama’s handlers have assiduously lowered those for their candidate, claiming he hasn’t debated in four years and is rusty. This is the typical, sensible approach since it tends to support after-the-fact claims that the candidate in question performed better than expected. Unfortunately for Mr. Romney, a chief surrogate – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie – did just the opposite last Sunday. He predicted Romney would do so well “the entire narrative of this race is going to change.” We’ll see. But if it doesn’t, the fault may lie less with the candidate than with his spokesman. This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.