SevMax2
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1. Kamala overperformed her usual, distinct lack of eloquence. It was as if she actually prepared this time, as opposed to her recent, disastrous interview. She was able to raise several points and also throw Trump off balance. She was particularly effective in addressing the abortion rights issue and goading him into repeating his hobby horses, such as his false claim of a stolen election. Sorry, Kari Lake, but for a former journalist, you're just wrong on this one....for the most part.
2. The moderators did clearly favor Harris over Trump, only correcting him and not her, despite her own falsehoods on a number of points.
3. Trump was a bit heated and easily fell into the traps that the Vice President set for him.
4. Trump was effective in raising the points about the cost of living, the incendiary, irresponsible rhetoric, the failures at the border, denying any connection to Project 2025, and stochastic terrorism of the Democrats and their impact on the possible assassination attempt, and the way that he managed to scare the Taliban into leaving American troops alone. It might not be able enough to undo the harm to him from his impulsive reactions to Harris, but it's something.
5. This debate probably won't persuade the hard-core voters of either camp, but it might swing some in the middle.
6. On balance, despite some good moments that Trump had and despite not being as out of control as in the past, he came out of this weaker and she came out of it stronger, much to my surprise. I was expecting the Kamala of various bad interview performances, with word salads, pointless platitudes, evasion on specific points (though she didn't answer the general point of Trump's assertions that most Americans had it rougher nowadays than before), slurred speech, and certainly not the way that she went after him for claiming that climate change was a hoax. She was still vulnerable on Israel and Trump was able to inject real fear that she would cater to the terrorist forces of Hamas and their sponsors. Even so, she gained ground, visibly, and he lost it. It was quite the contrast to the Biden debate, and my impression was that he got overconfident and came in less prepared, whereas her handlers, fearing her unique flaws in this kind of thing, worked overtime. I do feel bad for Tulsi Gabbard, who obviously would have tried her best, but if he's not taking it as seriously as he should, that's on him, not her.
2. The moderators did clearly favor Harris over Trump, only correcting him and not her, despite her own falsehoods on a number of points.
3. Trump was a bit heated and easily fell into the traps that the Vice President set for him.
4. Trump was effective in raising the points about the cost of living, the incendiary, irresponsible rhetoric, the failures at the border, denying any connection to Project 2025, and stochastic terrorism of the Democrats and their impact on the possible assassination attempt, and the way that he managed to scare the Taliban into leaving American troops alone. It might not be able enough to undo the harm to him from his impulsive reactions to Harris, but it's something.
5. This debate probably won't persuade the hard-core voters of either camp, but it might swing some in the middle.
6. On balance, despite some good moments that Trump had and despite not being as out of control as in the past, he came out of this weaker and she came out of it stronger, much to my surprise. I was expecting the Kamala of various bad interview performances, with word salads, pointless platitudes, evasion on specific points (though she didn't answer the general point of Trump's assertions that most Americans had it rougher nowadays than before), slurred speech, and certainly not the way that she went after him for claiming that climate change was a hoax. She was still vulnerable on Israel and Trump was able to inject real fear that she would cater to the terrorist forces of Hamas and their sponsors. Even so, she gained ground, visibly, and he lost it. It was quite the contrast to the Biden debate, and my impression was that he got overconfident and came in less prepared, whereas her handlers, fearing her unique flaws in this kind of thing, worked overtime. I do feel bad for Tulsi Gabbard, who obviously would have tried her best, but if he's not taking it as seriously as he should, that's on him, not her.
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