Neither of them has to deal with a step up. The box in the photo won't be on the stage tonight. Somebody remarked that it is a shipping box, for electricals associated with sound. I think that is correct.
Kellyanne Conway was just on Morning Joe. She set high expectations for Trump's performance, which more or less shocked the presstitutes.
The "substantive" gotcha persistently floated was Trump's mistaken claim that Lester Holt is a Democrat. Mika wanted to call it a lie, Kellyanne said that lying would require that Trump knew Holt's voter registration. She also pointed out that the media is nearly all Democrats.
Thanks for the update. I’m worried our thread is going to fall off the side bar before the debate. Maybe the mod can put back up to the top.