[justlurking]

She destroyed him with independents according to Luntz.

That was early in the debate.

Trump took a slight hit on his tax returns. But, he got destroyed by the birther ambush.

Trump should have been better prepared for that, and ready to lay it back on Clinton's surrogates.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Luntz said on twitter that Trump won the Independents tonight, this was in REAL time

[CincyRichieRich]

There are no independents. If one was in the audience or watches it, then they care enough to have already made up their mind. No one was swayed or lost tonight.

[sunrise_sunset]

No one cares about birtherism except beltway people. It’s a waste of time. Talk about college costs. Anything else. It won’t move people to vote one way or another.

[Religion and Politics]

Actually, it was good to get the birther stuff out of the way in debate 1. Actually, we got Rosy taken care of too. And the lawsuit about his rent properties. And really the whole dump truck load. Now, what are they going to do? Rewash that two more times?

I think Trump did what he needed to in letting this first wave wash over. After all, tonight was just a debate about the content of Clinton's ads.

[DesertRhino]

“Trump should have been better prepared for that, and ready to lay it back on Clinton’s surrogates. (birther)”

He did, he gave detailed specifics of Hillary releasing the photo of Obama dressed in Moslem garb, and he specifically named the people who she sent to Kenya to search for a BC.