A draw. No major knockout on either side. Trump stood up for himself when necessary.
If I were to advise Trump, it would consist of the following:
1) Complete your sentences. You are giving the audience too much credit for figuring out what you mean when you shoot off two or three words.
2) Stop repeating the same point 5 or 6 times. You are wasting time.
3) Speak less to broad concepts and more to the common man.
4) Affability matters. Reagan won on affability. Smile a little more, but not with that forced weird smile Hillary plastered on most of the debatte.
On the whole I give Hillary high marks, an A-, and Trump a B or so. Stylistically Hillary did very well, content Trump nailed it a few times.
He needs to take a reality check and prepare more. Obama had a HORRIBLE first debate and came back strong. Trump wasn’t horrible, but he needs to come back strong. I know he can do it.
I see it entirely differently as this thread probably makes clear.
I thought Hillary was deer-in-the-headlights for 2/3rds of the debate.
Part 1 - C-
Part 2 - B-
Part 3 - B+
That’s a C+ at best
Excellent list. You articulated pretty much the same thing I was thinking when he talked. I actually said to my wife once that he was getting in the weeds and nobody’s listening. If you can’t explain it in one sentence, or maybe two at the most, don’t bring it up. Sadly, it is all about talking points. This is not a college lecture.
Have you ever been at a wake when the old ladies look at the body of someone painted up to resemble Hermann Göring and they all cluck about how good he looks? That's Hillary. She's a talking, painted and stuffed, desiccated corpse. What emanates from her grotesque gob is pretty much unheard by anyone under 70 except as annoying static.
Trump also needs to stop getting sidetracked into talking about his business deals. That puts the audience to sleep.
Good list of advice for Trump.
Please see my thoughts on the debate (comment #32). We both had some constructive advice for Trump.
These are great points.
I would like it if he crystallized the issue about putting America first. The other day he made a great point about running for president of America, not the world. I hope next debate he puts some more meat on that particular bone, because it goes to the heart of the matter.
I also think the same thing plays against Hillary’s racism. Trump should hit on the idea that the main thing is to be American . . . at least in the Office of President for which he is running. It doesn’t matter if one is black, white, Latino, Jew, Christian, or even Muslim as long as one is willing to put their life on the line for America, and for our Constitution. Because that is what it means to be part of our American nation.