Posted on 09/24/2016 7:50:06 PM PDT by MichelleWSC3
NEW YORK (AP) -- Since he entered the presidential race, it's been Donald Trump's style to break with convention. It's no different when it comes to debate prep.
The New York billionaire has skipped practicing a full debate as he gets ready for his first on-stage meeting with Hillary Clinton. While he has studied policy ideas and practiced answering questions he may face Monday night, experts who have been through the process call his decision to skip time-intensive mock debates a mistake.
"I think he's putting himself at an incredible disadvantage," said Brett O'Donnell, a Republican strategist and veteran debate coach who compared Trump's decision to a football team failing to scrimmage.
Trump's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, has run through full-length mock debates against a stand-in for Trump during her preparation sessions. For good reason, O'Donnell said. Gaming out every potential permutation of what might happen in the 90-minute showdown helps a candidate calculate how to respond.
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Obama tanked in his first debate with Romney. It didn’t change the election outcome.
B.S. is what I call this article...it’s the AP and they are all in the tank for ROTTEN...
Believe it if you want, but I don’t...this man wants to win, he knows what he has to do, and how about Laura Ingram who has been ‘Hillary’ practicing with him? Oh, AP forgot about that did they...like they have forgotten to tell the truth for years!!!
He’ll do perfectly. How dare anyone suggest anything else.
Did you read how Romney practiced for months...16 mock debates. How did that work out for him ? He quit & hid like a sissy from Candy Crowley. Trump will be Trump & that will be enough.
There’s 3 debates scheduled. If Trump has a bad night Monday its not the end of the world. IMO, Trump is not going to have a bad night.
Vote Trump 2016
Did you hear Trump’s speech in Roanoke tonight?
That was part of his debate prep.
Yeah, that's the ticket, a stand in for Trump.
They are planning that what they have seen is what is going to show up at the debate.
Mr. Trump has been considering this for a while.
Wonder how long he thought about such a debate, and how to set up for it?
You do realize that Trump dispatched 16 other Republican primary contenders by not following “the rules,” right?
So this Republican “strategist” can pound sand
I’m sure he’s done approprite and sufficient preparation.
These articles are always put out by the campaigns to “lower expectations”.
I hope he’s pracised how to ‘duck and cover’ if she starts projectile vomiting!
WHy should he prepare in any conventional way? Look as how well that worked out for Romney and McCain.
Trump has this covered, believe me.
When you know your subject matter, preparing too much hurts. I do recall Conway saying that he went through a 5 hour no break practice debate to make sure he can stay on track. Trump believes what he says, unlike Hillary who is just saying it to get votes. When you lie or have to make stuff up, it is hard to keep it straight. That is why Hillary has to spend so much time preparing. Then again, is she really preparing or resting? No one knows for sure.
It depends.
If Trump is practicing openings, closings, questions, and follow ups, that is likely to be enough. He doesn’t need a full 90 minute practice, not for what he has to prove to his supporters and to the undecideds. Plus, he gets to play the “skipped practicing a full debate” game to mess with the minds of those few liberal journalists who have minds.
Yeah, that Roanoke speech and performance had ‘been preparing for debate’ all over it.
Okay guys don’t kill the messenger I’ve been rooting for Trump as hard as anyone else, but if he bombs on Monday the Dem’s, MSM, GOPE, et al will smell blood in the water and it’ll be all week of how Trump bombed in the debates.
Yes, I know it’s the AP, and yes I know he want to win(we all do), but not preparing for these debates can be very costly, and a huge miscalculation as well a let-down for us supporters. It will kill his momentum
Exactly!
how does the AP know how Trump is prepping? This from almost a month ago:
Laura Ingraham Tapped for Trump Debate Prep (playing Hillary Clinton)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3463749/posts
Yeah, because he hasn’t debated at all in the last year. Oh wait..../s
Or maybe, Trump is taking the bible seriously when Christ promises to furnish an answer when needed, and advises don’t fret over it in advance.
All manner of prayers for Donald Trump would be very much in order here, to support this.
I suspect he will not do terribly badly.
Trump wants Hillary and MSM to be overconfident.
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