Trump was in TROUBLE most of the night; sadly. Hopefully he can pull a REAGAN at the next one.
Trump didn’t have to win in order to win.
But yes, it is early. Romney wiped the floor with Barry in their first debate, then coughed up the election in the last two.
Most of the time Trump was staying on issues to his credit. Hillary acted bad.
The independent voters who they gauged in real time during the debate seemed to strongly disagree with you.
They are the ones who needed convincing, and they are the ones who saw a slick, polished politician versus a real human being.
So the fact that Trump didn't seem to bring you much satisfaction or live up to your pie-in-the-sky criteria isn't particularly relevant to the undecideds and independents, who seemed to be reacting very positively to Trump at several key junctures.
For instance, when Hillary was playing the phony race card, she simply wasn't scoring points. Indeed, she was losing them.
Most undecided voters are sick and tired of slick politicians who tell everyone what they want to hear, and that was reflected int their reaction to Donald Trump.
So, quite frankly, you missed something if you think he did poorly. People are sick of "style", they want straight talk and substance.
You're just being a hysterical hand-wringer tonight, and the reactions from the voters that matter (undecideds & independents) bear that out.
Vote Trump!
“Trump was in TROUBLE most of the night; sadly. Hopefully he can pull a REAGAN at the next one. “
If that is what you think then you missed the entire point of his presence. It wasn’t to go punching bag on Hitlery as you demand and make a mockery of himself as a “reality TV” clown, but to give the people a view of a Presidential candidate, and he did that very well.