Team Obama ‘Ecstatic,’ but Expects Only Modest Debate Bounce
LOOKING UP
The president’s camp expected only a modest bounce from his debate performance. But given the lousy showing in Denver, they were thrilled by his show of strength. James Warren reports.
As President Obama’s top aides watched the second debate on television backstage, there were multiple moments of outright jubilation. It was as if their sighs of relief in Hempstead, N.Y.