 At an event with donors in Northern Virginia yesterday, the president apologized for his debate performance and blamed it partially on two European trips in the weeks before the debate. And that it, quote, wasn't very smart to travel around the world a couple of times before the debate. He even admitted he, quote, almost fell asleep on stage. Critics point out the president returned from the second of those trips on June 15th, 12 days before the June 27th debate.