BRYAN PRESTON: Obama Throws Himself, And Liz Warren, Under The Bus. By rewriting the Roanoke speech.

UPDATE: Chronology Of A Chastened Politician. Trouble is, we know which one of these came from the heart, and which one came from panicked focus-grouping. . . .

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Ari Mendelson writes: “All you have to do to see that Obama really meant what he was saying in the Roanoke speech is look at his facial expression when he was saying those awful lines. The absolute delight he had in informing his audience of this great ‘truth’ was apparent to anybody paying attention.”