He’s smart, he knew if he went into that first debate guns blazing people would have been taken aback and viewed it negatively. Now people are ASKING him to do it!
I see benefits to excessively civilized behavior in the first debate — let people know that Trump is not a crazy person.
I see benefits to excessively civilized behavior in the third debate — final impression should be that Trump is not a crazy person.
Bu the second debate — I suspect Trump can mix it up and score some dramatic points. Hillary might be surprised and/or it might throw her off later as she prepares for the third debate — will Trump attack? will Trump be presidential? She’ll have to guess. But I hope to see more fireworks at the Second Debate.