Odd.

That seemed to be the game PBO was playing, which means any day now we will find out mittnocchio did not pay taxes for 10 years. I think PBO played it perfectly. In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one party purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor.

But I absolutely agree with the Obama campaign's decision not to do 1) tax returns, 2) foreign investments, 3) 47%. Those are not points for a debate. Those are points for commercials.

I think it's very easy for white folks to misjudge the very fine line Obama has to walk on aggressiveness. He often hits it well. Tonight, he was way off, but direct confrontation on those three points just looks churlish. I agree with Will Pitt that Obama missed some opportunities, particularly on the $716 Billion. But on the points you bring up, no way. It's not for a face to face.

They have something on mittnocchio and I believe it has something to do with what Sen. Reid has been saying. They also have something else on BirtherMitt but I don't know what that is.