I was furious when I saw this article--along at first, anyway. The Times capitulates again, the wimps! They don't think anything of Obama as a debater! They love McCain! Of course they really don't, but they wrote this to beg McCain's pardon for offending him in that stupid conference call!
But then I re-read the article, and it seemed different. It makes very good points--that Obama is too professorial in a debate, that he floats like a butterfly just fine but the bee part needs work, and that McCain doesn't hesitate to whip out the shiv (their very word) and that McCain knows how to use it and enjoys using it.
Anyway, I concluded the Times is doing some coaching.
And you know why?
Because they might not have been in the tank for Obama before, but they are now.