The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I don't know what hurt President Obama more with regard to the debate last Wednesday - his actual performance or the media's spin of it. In any case, Romney seemed to be closing the gap in polls taken over the weekend. Even though it's been reported that the GOP candidate spouted 27 lies in the 38 minutes he spoke at the debate, 72% of Gallup respondents claim he won last Wednesday evening. Of course, in light of these post-debate poll numbers, the news media has had a collective orgasm. We're almost exactly a month away from the debate and the last thing they want is a landslide victory for either candidate, so they can continue to generate excitement and with that ratings until election day. Republicans have been especially giddy over the tightening poll numbers. They had been told for a couple weeks that Romney has less of a chance at winning the election than a fictional character had at winning the lottery. So, as sad as it is for me to report this, it appear...