If President Obama lost Bill Maher, you know he lost the debate.

On television and on Twitter, President Obama’s most fervent liberal backers in the media lamented the president’s performance in the first presidential debate in Denver, Colo.

“i can’t believe i’m saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter,” liberal comedian Bill Maher, who donated $1 million dollars to a pro-Obama super PAC, said in a tweet.

“Obama made a lot of great points tonight. Unfortunately, most of them were for Romney,” he said in another tweet.

Liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who once declared he had a tingle go up his leg from merely listening to a speech from President Obama, had a similar assessment.

“What was Romney doing tonight, he was winning,” Matthews declared. “If he gets five more of these nights, forget it.”

Matthews’ colleague, liberal MSNBC host Ed Schultz, agreed.

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