Thursday, September 29, 2016

What Did a Trump Insider Think of Donald Trump's Debate Performance?

In a new post-debate column, Judge Andrew Napolitano gives us the inside scoop on what a Trump insider thought of Trump's debate performance
Trump utterly failed to capitalize on her greatest vulnerabilities — the widespread and largely well-grounded belief that she is untrustworthy and her well-documented record as a failure as secretary of state. I know one of his debate coaches very well. I suspect that the coach gave him superb ideas and one-line zingers, none of which he used. I also suspect that the coach’s advice went in one of Trump’s ears and out the other.

Presidential debates are not won on points and counterpoints. They are won on general impressions. The general impression from Monday’s highly anticipated debate is that Clinton brilliantly controlled the ball and Trump came utterly unprepared. She succeeded in arresting her fall in the polls and reassuring her Democratic base. He failed to give independents and wavering Republicans a good reason to back him.

She clobbered him.
  -RW

1 comment:

  1. Figuratively speaking, Trump basically had the questions beforehand. If he was surprised by the tax returns and birther questions then he's been smoking more pot than Gary Johnson. He only has himself to blame for blowing it.

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