Obama on “The Daily Show”: A Gaffe is a Gaffe

I don’t see any point in denying it: President Obama’s description on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” of the killing of four Americans in Benghazi as “not optimal” was a gaffe, and one he can ill afford given the tightness of the race. Coming two days after his much improved performance in the second debate, and four days before the third debate, in which what happened in Libya is sure to loom large, it was a gift to the Republicans—one they and their media allies are seizing on gratefully.

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