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    Presidential Debates and Running the Country

    Mitt Romney jumped a bit in the polls after last week's debate , while the President and top advisers concede it was not his best performance. But they're promising a different outcome with two more debates to go. Meantime, what about that passivity and lack of energy?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Mitt Romney jumped a bit in the polls after last week's debate, while the President and top advisers concede it was not his best performance. But they're promising a different outcome with two more debates to go. Meantime, what about that passivity and lack of energy? Is it evidence that Barack Obama doesn't really isn't enjoying the job, not just the give and take of debating but getting others to bend to his will? Was Republican Governor Romney any better at working with Democrats in Massachusetts than the President's been at dealing with Congress?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Matt Bai

      Yahoo! News

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      MSNBC

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      Norman Ornstein

      American Enterprise Institute / Atlantic

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Which of the Two Candidates Really Wants to Be President?
    1. 0:00Romney Tries to Draw Distinctions on Foreign Policy
    2. 7:36Presidential Debates and Running the CountryYou’re reading this
    3. 42:27Nobel Prize for Stem Cell Discoveries
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