The Dems got what they wanted tonight. The Progressive Axis — Harris and her ABC News foils — got under Trump’s skin and stayed there. Just as importantly, Harris was able to fire off her scripted talking points without interruption, correction, or serious questions.
So that part sucked.
The part that didn’t suck is that Harris didn’t do that thing Biden somehow managed in 2020 — to come across as likable. What I think most people saw was two people they didn’t particularly like. The difference is, they already knew they didn’t like Trump. Harris’s unlikability might have been news to them.
And, hey, don’t shoot the messenger here. I’m just talking about both candidates’ favorability ratings.
The State Steno Pool will chalk it up as a massive Harris win but I’m not sure how many viewers will actually buy it. Do they buy anything the SSP is selling anymore?
If there is another debate, I hope Trump preps harder. And mostly I want his coaches to push his buttons like an irate pedestrian stabbing at the crosswalk button. PUSH PUSH PUSH. He can rein it in — he just lacked the discipline tonight to do it.
But in the end, can anyone stand to listen to THAT VOICE for the next four or eight years?
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Matt will have a wrap of the debate up shortly. Check the homepage for that.
Yes, she turned people off making faces.
Trump looked good tonight, by the way. Kamala didn’t. That does matter in a TV debate.
Missed the simplest closing. Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago? But still strong.
@VodkaPundit I'll get in touch with the woman about our Costa Rica expat property tomorrow. #Resist
I agree. Really hammered Harris
Trump's best moment was the last moment -- the most important moment.
He stuck the landing.
Trump's best moment was the last moment -- the most important moment.
He stuck the landing.
Okay, this is interesting: Just like Sugar Ray Leonard would steal rounds by rallying at the end, Trump is doing a little razzle-dazzle.
And he just quoted you.
The VP who has been in office for 3.5 years is telling us what she is about to do! HAHAHA!
BOOM. Trump asks why, if Harris has so many wonderful ideas, they haven’t been implemented already?
Abortion is anti-constitutional (see the 14th Amendment). It’s not a right. But the Biden-Harris administration certainly undermines many other constitutional rights, including free speech and gun ownership.
The VP who has been in office for 3.5 years is telling us what she is about to do! HAHAHA!
If we have so much in common, Harris, why do you and your ilk keep calling Trump supporters domestic terrorists and white supremacists and threats to democracies?
I wrote this last summer. Sums it up well.
"Trump, after all, is fresh off of a primary season where he told his opponents and the debates to go stuff themselves (do people still say that?). The party is his now, so he could have pushed for more favorable debate conditions. There are a variety of alternatives to traditional media outlets for exposure now. That's doubly true where Donald Trump is concerned. Cameras will show up wherever he is. He could easily have pressed for a venue and moderators who weren't veteran water carriers for the Democrats."
I can enjoy a debate, but like the late Frank Sheed, I'm skeptical that they shed much light on things. Yes, there is the knockout potential, but I think people often see and hear what they want to see and hear. I mean, they knocked out Biden, and now we have clone Kamala, the new deer staring into the studio lights. But does the debate make it any more likely Trump will win? Don't think it will change much
Well, Trump flubbed up a couple of times but actually he did well overall so far. He had some really good comebacks and hammered most of the major issues. And frankly, I don’t think him raising his voice is materially damaging to his performance overall. But Kamala’s smirking was damaging to hers.
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I kinda get the feeling that Trump spent more time golfing than debate-prepping...
Oof. Harsh but not unfair.
Trump on Obamacare pic.twitter.com/WSw6u4HSd2
— Uncle Ronnie (@UncleRonnieCHI) September 11, 2024
Well, there is. Nuclear. Thorium is coming, fusion might be coming, uranium and plutonium are here. We just have to choose them.
There is no such thing as a clean energy economy. American CANNOT operate entirely on solar and wind. It’s a fantasy that will never be reality. But such a plan will wreck America’s energy grid
This surprised me from Goldberg:
I care more about drunk drivers than climate change. am I a bad person?
— Bernard Goldberg (@BernardGoldberg) September 11, 2024
What about the reckless Haitian driver who killed an 11-year-old in Springfield, Ohio?