And in a completely unrelated story...
Liberal pundits, White House advisors, the DNC, and others seem to be working very hard right now to lower expectations for "Barack H. Obama, Super Genius" in the coming debates.
One spin I've seen is that he's just too damn busy to prepare. You know, being "eye candy" on The View and all. This is similar to the "he sounds like an idiot without the teleprompter because his brain just goes too fast for clear speaking" meme.