Yawn

It feels like it's been a slow news week.  Is it me?  Nothing is really catching my eye about the election. Oh, sure!  Stuff is happening: the Romney team is campaigning all over the place and if you're looking for him, you can use your smartphone.  The President is busy, as well.  He's avoiding world leaders by taking the stage at the UN General Assembly.  Mostly, everyone and their grandmother has a poll that they're following or discrediting, depending on where your guy lands.  But, in general, everyone seemed to have their "foot in mouth" disease under control.

This morning I woke up to find that Governor Romney is actually kinda predicting he will lose the debates.  I found this odd.  Specifically, the campaign is trying to lower expectations for the debates.  The memo from Beth Myers, Senior Advisor, seems to imply a kind of "we will lose this battle and still win the war" frame of mind.  It's interesting to me because I don't feel like I have seen the Romney camp win a lot of battles.  Read it closely, though.  Ms. Myers is saying something else, too.  Not only is she conceding that her candidate doesn't have the experience or the finesse to do well in this setting, she is also saying that the President will have to attack to win.  It's a challenge.  She's trying to take the wind out of the sails before Obama's boat is even in the water.  Interesting.  By saying that the President will have to attack the Governor in order to win, she's provided the ultimate out for a Romney loss.  Beautiful.

I want to write a whole lot more about debates and the media, but I will hold off until next week before the first one of this election cycle happens.