There has been a strange turn of events in the last few weeks as we have learned more about the political and personal isolation the president has created for himself.  In Bob Woodward's latest book, The Price of Politics, Woodward describes a president antagonistic to his opponents to a toxic degree, one who has distanced himself even from his own party leadership.  Woodward describes a "monumental communications gap" between the president and House Majority Leader John Boehner at the critical moment in the 2010 budget negotiations.

Wednesday night, in the first debate, we once again saw a disengaged president.  He was ill-prepared, disjointed, and quite obviously off his game.  Prior to the debate, the party spinners were out in force reducing expectations, but it is generally agreed that the first debate was a disaster for the president.

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