Ok, I know everyone is upset about Obama's debate performance. It actually will turn out to be a good thing in the end though.
First off, Rachel Maddow went back and looked at the history of a challenger taking on the incumbent in their first televised debate and it turns out that the challenger won every debate with one exception.
The exception was Bob Dole, who lost the first debate to Bill Clinton. And this is why it is a good thing Romney won. Follow me over the squiggle to find out why.
The reason is simple, after Dole lost it set in concrete the idea that he was going to lose the election and so his backers stopped funding his campaign.
Right before the debate on Wednesday rumors where circulating that the big money guys were preparing to abandon Romney in favor of the down ballet races.
We wouldn't want that, would we? The last thing we need is for Obama to be re-elected but to face Republican majorities in the House and Senate.