Very good analysis, Laz.
He probably did the best he could under terrific duress—100 million people, an audience of tittering university children unchecked by the moderator(!) and an opponent who is the smarmiest schoolyard bully who ever lived!
But he will be calmer next time, for sure. I knew she’d be a pro...she had her friends in the audience, the moderator, the notes on her podium. Her one liners were delivered with practiced ease. Reminds me of being the only anti-socialist student in my ivy league college classes. Not fun. Hillary is that girl who’d turn around and snarl, “How can you say that? No one believes that anymore!”
Your analysis is probably one of the best I have read on the thread. It is why I quoted you in entirity. Well done sir.