But maybe he means it as a metaphor for America: It can go through a terrible time, a catastrophe, as it has economically the past five years, and still emerge whole, intact, enduring. When Romney, afterward, was shown the flag, he touched it, and an electric jolt went up his arm. It was returned to them by NASA officials. Romney ends most rallies with his story of the Colorado scout troop that in 1986 had an American flag put in the space shuttle Challenger, saw the Challenger blow up as they watched on TV, and then found, through the persistence of their scoutmaster, that the flag had survived the explosion. I suspect both Romney and Obama have a sense of what’s coming, and it’s part of why Romney looks so peaceful and Obama so roiled. It is small and sad and lost, driven by formidable will and zero joy. His campaign doesn’t seem president-sized. “Voting’s the best revenge”-revenge against who, and for what? This is not a man who feels himself on the verge of a grand victory. This must hurt the president after the trememdous, stupendous crowds of ’08. His people have struggled to fill various venues. But he’s still trying to fire up the base when he ought to be wooing the center and speaking their calm centrist talk. He is out there doing what he has to to fight the fight.

He would know if he’s losing now, and it would explain his joylessness on the stump. When it comes to national presidential races, he is a finely tuned political instrument: He read the field perfectly in 2008. 'Of all people, Obama would know if he is in trouble. Their political instincts are just not that good. Here is hoping that Barack Obama is not listening to Peggy Noonan or any other republican right about now. When asked how Obama could resolve this crisis, Noonan said that it would be “wise” to partially capitulate to the GOP’s demand to delay the ACA by nearly one year. “This president has often tried to do that, but it doesn’t work.

“I think the president, at least in the early years of his presidency, had this sense that if he talked straight to the American people, he would be doing a Reagan or a Nixon,” Noonan said. Noonan began by observing that Obama is not quick to appeal to the negotiating table when dealing with the Republicans in Congress. She said that it would be “wise” of the president to agree to an 11 month delay of the Affordable Care Act in order to fix its flaws and sell the American people on the law’s benefits. 'Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan joined editorial board member Mary Kissel on Monday where she advised President Barack Obama to give in to the GOP’s latest demands in order to pass a resolution which continue to fund the government.

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