In His Corner

Rob Long at Richochet has noticed that even in defeat, the media is still trying to cheer up their man Obama.  Take this story in the National Journal for instance:

The mood among Democratic commentators and political professionals shifted instantly from optimism to alarm, even anger, over Obama's performance. "Romney won the debate, and we better come loaded for bear next time," Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis told National Journal. "In the next two debates, the President needs to take the fight to Romney or he will lose this fight. It's that simple." 

MSNBC talk show host Chris Matthews asked, “Where was Obama tonight?” 

A leading Democratic public opinion firm, GQR Digital, concluded after a focus group of voters in Denver that Romney performed well, improving his personal appeal. "However," they wrote, "the research does not suggest that Romney fundamentally changed the political calculus in this election." 

To be fair, the deck was stacked against Obama, who came into the debate with a lead over Romney plus the baggage of incumbency (emphasis mine).

Wow, a leading Democrat public polling firm said that Romney's debate didn't fundamentally change anything???  Who would've thought???  (This post somewhat contradicts this claim by the way.)

And exactly how was the deck stacked against Obama?  I thought the Romney camp was imploding, Paul Ryan wanted out, and Obama was on his way to an historic victory?  Or at least that was the MSM position going into the debate...

And then there's this:

When it came to the facts, Romney grossly oversimplified his own platform, presenting himself as a Medicare-loving, regulation-supporting candidate who does not in fact want to cut taxes. It was a clear if not factual parry of Obama.

But Romney never said he doesn't want to cut taxes.  Romney was responding to the claim by President Obama that his tax cuts would add another 5 trillion dollars to the deficit, to which Romney responded that he wasn't going to cut tax rates too much that that scenario would ever happen (the 5 trillion number is false anyway -- surprise, surprise).  Even in defeat, the MSM still has to shill for their man.