I tend to agree with your perspective. Clinton got under Trump’s skin and he came across as unpolished, defensive and somewhat arrogant.
That said, Clinton came across as incredibly smug. The image of her smirking, smiling and laughing was a horrible one. Truly horrible!
If this was a boxing match, she would win on points because her offense was better than his defense. She mostly ignored his offense, like a polished politician.
However, this is not a boxing match nor a POTUS race that we have seen before. A true outsider is running. If people want change, they will find Trump’s lack of polish refreshing. If they want the same old, same old, they will fall for Clinton’s typical politician performance.
Diehard libs are going to vote for her No Matter What.
Trump’s supporters have always been 100% reliable, whether R, D, or I.
So take both groups off the table. The only gains to be made are with those who are “undecided”. If they haven’t heard and see enough about Hillary to come to the Trump side by now they haven’t been paying attention. And if that’s the case, they aren’t paying attention to this debate either.
Yeah, she did politician speak much better than him as expected. He seemed nervous and couldn’t get his thoughts to come out quite right. But that smugness of hers is almost unbearable. Trump didn’t win but you *wanted* him to win to take her down a notch. And in a way, that is a win.
So it’s like, how do you score this thing. It reminds me of the Bush-Gore debate where Gore was more polished but came across as a jerk and lost with the public.