Who's expectations?
I expected Hillary to do much better against Trump, but Trump did great.
Hillary had a collection of pre programmed, rote answers she spewed, but she could not think on her feet and Trump could.
Overall, this was a unusual debate where both sides laid out their positions and who won depends on how they actually feel about the issues.
The most inexplicable thing is Donald's defense of his not supporting the Iraq, which is irrelevant.
George Bush won the the war in Iraq and Hillary and Obama lost the peace in Iraq
What Donald should focus on is that the fact that regardless of how you felt about the Iraq war before it started, George Bush had the Iraq war effectively won and handed over a peaceful Iraq to Obama and Clinton wit ha brighter future.
Obama withdrew from Iraq on the pretext that he and his Sec of State Hillary Clinton were unable to successfully negotiate a status of forces agreement with the Iraqi government.
Our withdrawal from Iraq was a total disaster and Hillary Clinton's failure to negotiating a status of forces agreement was a major diplomatic failure with disastrous consequences for the region and the entire world .
Good post.