I watched some of it. He was totally different than last night. But he had a teleprompter, and its early afternoon not evening. How many saw the rally today, as opposed to how many watched his performance last night? The media is going to try to send the debate down the memory hole, but the visceral reaction people had to last night isn’t going away. From now on, every gaffe, stumble and poo in the pants moment is going to be magnified, because that’s what people expect to see and they are looking for them.
Having lived through two relatives with dementia over the years, the difference in behavior from day to day and morning to evening are not that diametrically different.
The improvements on a good and bad day are more subtle as are the differences between earlier and later in the day. I’m saying with a 90% certainty, they’ve got him on something.