McDonough will never forget the look in the president’s eyes after the first presidential debate in 2012, when he was outperformed by Mitt Romney. “He felt like he had let us down,” he says. But then resolve kicked in. “He was, like—I am determined as hell to get where I want to go. And it’s in a way that I’ve never seen—in sports, in life, in politics.” He chuckles, in disbelief. “This guy is, like, he knows where he’s going and he’s going to get there! We’ve all played sports with these guys. They’re not looking at the scoreboard, man. They’re just going to pummel whoever the f*ck is in
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