Gotta agree with Donald on this one
If Bush was getting offstage help during the first debate, he should have fired each and every one of the "helpers."
The theory (can we call it that?) might explain something, though--perhaps one of the helpers was unusually stressed, and kept muttering "This is hard work..."
In most of the pics, the mystery bulge looks like a warp in stretched fabric, but I've gotta admit one or two of the pics look fishy.