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Politics

Obama's "Downward Glances" Get Debate Buzz

He looked like a kid getting chastised

Reason Staff | 10.3.2012 11:00 PM

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President Obama is getting lots of criticism (at least on the Twitterverse) for his less-than-energetic stage presence. 

And, symptomatic of it, is the look down at his lectern, especially as Mitt Romney speaks.

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