As I have said before, don’t underestimate Biden in the debate and don’t forget the media will give him a lot of cover in the debate. Plus, Trump is not a smooth politician. He is gaffe prone too. And of course, the format for the debate gives moderators who are pro Biden.
I must admit, I am not looking forward to the debates and I hope Trump does a lot of prep work.
Good points, all. Biden did perform OK in the Dem primary debates. Two things are different with the presidential debates: First, they were a good six months ago and he appears to have rapidly advancing dementia, where there can be a huge deterioration in a short period of time (over the longer term, look at his tapes from 2016 when he was VP - Biden was never sharp as he is not intelligent but he had a lot more clarity then). Second, he was one of seven so he had 1/7 of the time and lots of time to rest and regroup; he was also with people who basically agreed on almost everything. In the Trump debate, he will have half the time and he will have to be alert throughout for ninety minutes.
The debates will be “virtual” debates: Biden will be one place, maybe in Delaware, and POTUS will be somewhere else, maybe D.C. The moderator(s) will be somewhere else, maybe NYC.
All you will see will be the candidates standing at their respective podia, but in Pedo Joe’s case you will NOT see the teleprompter and his staff just off-camera, helping him answer the questions — which I guarantee will have been given to Biden a few days before the event so that his staff could write up the answers.
The media fix is in, big time.
Yes, Trump did so bad against a talented group of Republican adversaries in the presidential primary and then in the debates with a wily Hillary Clinton.
I get a faint whiff of concern troll here.