pp saw the elephant

-The  title of this blog could have several meanings,  two are applicable in my estimation.

 1. I fetched one thought from a book I 'm reading "Curiosities of the Civil War by Webb Garrison   where he used the saying to loosely referring to "green recruit"  witnessing combact for the first time, when the bullets began to fly...he saw the elephant.    pp has never been challenged before with this constant frontal attack,  as the Challenger took over the "debate" in the first few moments and didn't let up for the next 90 minutes.  He kicked ass big time.

2. pp witnessed the GOP's mascot, the elephant, take over the entire stage, in the form of a man know as Mitt.  The Challenger was fierce, short jabs and decisive haymakers in his statements and responses . The Incumbent was against the ropes for most of the contest.  Sometime starring, like a deer in the headlights, silently pleading to the TV audiance and the PBS guy moderating the show for help.  Now read the book "The Amateur" by Edwar Klein.

-Another thought crossed my mind during the debate, in that pp appeared as a puppet with all the strings tangled and out of control.  That thought was reinforced by the sound of a thud back stage mid-way during the debate, behind the blue wall.  Was the puppeteer leaving early?  Chief  Broken Axilrod later appeared after the debate, in the spin room.  I bet, he was asked questions about the DNC's incumbency's performance and for interruptions of some of what "he" said or responded thereof.

-If the DNC strategy was to have the their  product pushed out on stage, looking tired, bored, disconnected, can't wait to leave to be with his sweety on their 20th anniversary, as a ploy to make a startling comeback in subsequent debates , that ain't gonna work.

-And the reason, it's not going to work there is nothing in the Incumbant's achievement and result columns to which to boast. Nothing.   Well maybe the purchase of Bo the dog.  Here is one, the First Lady's victory garden yields.  Oh1 yes I got one "how were you guys able to spend >$ 1B for B&B at WH, food, travel vacation, help, during the worse economic conditions in decades.