Nation

摘要

What went down in Denver? Distracted by his Oval Office duties, Obama scaled back a number of debate-prep sessions. Then, assuming that the Mitt Romney showing up onstage would be easy pickings, the President bumbled into one of the great failures in recent campaign history. And as fate would have it, Romney turned in one of the stronger performances in memory, showing a measured tone and a cool confidence he has rarely displayed in five years on the campaign trail.