Speaking on Current TV, former Vice President Al Gore floated a theory regarding Obama's performance at Wednesday's debate - Denver's high altitude.
"Obama arrived in Denver at 2 p.m. today, just a few hours before the debate started," he said.
"Romney did his debate prep in Denver. When you go to 5,000 feet and you only have a few hours to adjust -- I don't know," he added.
Cenk Uygur responded by saying that he drank two cups of coffee after arriving from Los Angeles.
Romney spokesman Ryan Williams called it the "Worst. Spin. Ever." in a tweet issued Thursday morning.
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Video: Al Gore blames Denver's high altitude for Obama's debate performance.
"He knows a lot about losing debates," tweeted "Drew M."
An article at The Blaze observed that Glenn Beck called Gore's statement the “greatest excuse of all time.”
"It's tough to adjust to that altitude, baby," noted a post at Cain TV.
"Maybe there's a way Obama can file a protest and get the whole debate thrown out on the grounds he wasn't sufficiently warned about the atmosphere. Maybe Mitt went to his rich friends and got a specially designed high-altitude neutralizer device, which explains why he was rested and ready but Obama kept sputtering and, let's face it, codgy old Jim Lehrer could scarcely get a word in edgewise," Dan Calabrese added
After being thoroughly trounced in the debate, Chris Matthews suggested Obama watch MSNBC for his debate preparation, while Bill Maher said Obama looked as though he needed a teleprompter.
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