 first-term presidents when they get into that first debate they tend to do pretty poorly partly because they're busy they've got a day job they don't have that much time to prepare but also because they get a little complex complacent they say you know uh... ideal with these issues everyday why do i need to bone up that's really what happened to barack obama back in twenty twelve and yet of course correct pretty quickly uh... they realize that that's a common pitfall and they didn't want to fall into it this time