Posted on 09/27/2020 11:22:49 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
By the time Joe Biden takes the stage Tuesday night for his first debate with President Trump, he will have gone through dozens upon dozens of hours of preparation with a close group of advisers firing questions at him.
One of the main advisers leading the drills is Ron Klain, his longtime confidant and former chief of staff who isn’t officially on the Biden campaign, but knows the former vice president almost better than anyone.
“He knows Biden’s strengths and weaknesses to the letter,” said one longtime Biden aide. “No one can help Biden prepare for this moment better than Ron.”
Having Klain on the team and in debate prep comes at a critical time for Biden as the nation faces the potential of a deadly second wave in the coronavirus pandemic, and a politically divisive battle over Trump’s chosen successor to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
Both issues will be central in Tuesday night's debate, and it just so happens Klain has a long history with both.
The 60-year-old served as the Obama administration’s Ebola czar, leading its response to the epidemic in late 2014 and early 2015.
He’s also a former Supreme Court law clerk who served as the chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and helped lead the team that won Ginsburg’s confirmation in 1993 in an overwhelming 96-3 vote.
In other words, he couldn’t be better placed to advise a candidate for a presidential debate, particularly this one.
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Doesn’t matte rwhat Chis Wallace asks Trump...the answer will always be about Hunter Biden.
How, exactly, did they get Biden to stay awake for dozens of hours? (even spread out over days). If he actually was able to stay awake that long, then he needs to be checked for Amphetamine or Dextroamphetamine. Ole Sleepy Time Joe just cannot do that.
He’s just another slime socket...
But, how many dozens of lid hours?
“as the nation faces the potential of a deadly second wave in the coronavirus pandemic, “
The Hill. BS.
Is he carrying a folder with Cliff notes from Satan?
The real question is if Biden can remember all the answers that the debate moderators gave him before the debate.
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By DAN FRIEDMAN and JAMES WARREN | OCT 27, 2014 AT 11:41 PM
Obama’s Ebola czar, Ron Klain, still out of sight-—”Saturday Night Live” skit mocked Obama and Klain.
Klain’s qualifications questioned; was his hiring was a political tactic in advance of crucial midterm elections.
The White House says Ebola Response Coordinator Ron Klain is working behind the scenes, but there’s still confusion over what he’s actually doing.
WASHINGTON — There was confusion Monday over the government’s response to the Ebola crisis — and mystery over what President Obama’s Ebola czar Ton Klain, was doing to address it.
As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said mandatory quarantines are not necessary for medical workers returning from West Africa, a U.S. Army general said that he and all his troops returning from Liberia would remain in isolation for 21 days.
......but Obama’s Ebola czar, longtime Democratic operative Ron Klain, remained out of sight.
“It’s a theater of the absurd. It’s laughable,” said Dr. Robert Murphy, director of the Center for Global Health at Northwestern University and a professor of medicine and biomedical engineering with much experience in Africa. He said the lack of a visible leader quarterbacking the Ebola effort, coupled with the scattered, decentralized realities of the American health care system, created a confounding muddle.
“What has changed since he started his job?” one reporter asked. “It appears as though this week there’s more confusion than there was last week.”
Earnest insisted Klain was “coordinating the government response,” but he did not directly answer whether the Ebola czar needed to do more to coordinate with state governments.
“I don’t think it fuels panic because I think people understand the facts,” Earnest said.
Earnest said Klain’s work — Klain’s been on the job 10 days — already produced “a significant number of announcements related to the whole-of-government approach that the President has ordered to dealing with the Ebola situation.”
But had Klain been in touch with Gov’s Cuomo or Christie amid their decisive but controversial actions mandating quarantines? Did the White House tell New York and New Jersey that it thought they’d gone too far?
There were no clear answers Monday, and this was nearly 48 hours after “Saturday Night Live” mocked Obama and Klain during an episode hosted by comedian Jim Carrey.
The comedy bit questioned Klain’s qualifications and whether his hiring was a political tactic in advance of crucial midterm elections.
“His principal responsibility is a behind-the-scenes role,” Earnest said. Klain’s workload, Earnest added, “limits the amount of time he has to make the case publicly” for the Obama administration.
With Klain out of sight, it was left to Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the CDC, to issue new Ebola guidelines Monday, recommendations that stop short of the quarantines imposed by New York and New Jersey for medical workers who’ve treated Ebola patients overseas.
The new recommendations mark an effort to create a national standard.
Klain and Obama were criticized for their failure to show leadership.
Five things to know about Ron Klain, President Obama’s Ebola czar:
— He’s a former chief of staff to both former Veep Al Gore and current VP Biden.
— Kevin Spacey played Klain in the 2008 movie “Recount” depicting the Bush vs. Gore presidential election fight in 2000.
— Klain served as a debate prep aide for four Democratic presidential nominees: President Obama, President Bill Clinton, Gore and John Kerry.
— He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Byron White.
— The White House says Klain will stay out of the spotlight, and is instead working behind the scenes to coordinate the White House Ebola effort.
Exactly. Every answer should begin with "Where's Hunter Biden?" President Trump was a riot with this at the rally last night in Middletown, PA. People loved it. They ate it up. Now they expect it on Tuesday. I'll give Trump some wiggle room to truly answer decent questions, because he has decent answers. However, every answer needs to mention Hunter Biden. Joe Biden's head will explode. He will be stuttering and stammering. He will be off balance the rest of the debate. Most importantly, he will appear weak and defensive. Guilty.
While Trump’s a master at thinking on is feet and obviously totally unconventional in just about every way, I *am* a bit concerned that he doesn’t seem to be doing ANY actual formal debate prep.
I don’t care how good you are - setting aside some time to prepare for something like this by anticipating what you’re going to get hit with and how to respond in a way that doesn’t alienate potential voters is absolutely necessary - and Trump doesn’t appear to be doing it one bit. (Yeah, I know he said he prepares every day by talking with the press, doing his job, etc, but that ain’t the same as actual debate prep).
Meanwhile, Sleepy Joe has been locked in his basement for the better part of a week preparing for every eventuality. He’s nowhere near as quick or on his feet as Trump, but why give the guy ANY advantage?
I suspect we’re all going to be surprised at how well Biden actually does during this first debate (way better than the gaffe machine of the past few months)..and prep will be a big part of it.
On any topic, e.g. criminal reform legislation - instead of asking Biden, "Why did you support 1986 Bill XYZ?" Trump should ask, "Did you support 1986 Bill XYZ?" Biden, I doubt, can really remember WHAT he's voted for - or against. His head would spin - during prime time!!
Biden and Dems have a completely different mindset, they believe everything we think is subhuman. Thus their preparations are pretty worthless since they misread our motivations.
If Biden just shows up he’ll have won the debate anyway in the MSM.
I stand by my statement, no debate will happen.
Interrupt communication with the three stooges during the debate
“I stand by my statement, no debate will happen.”
If Biden fails to show up, he will lose the election in a historic landslide.
The Democrats can’t let that happen.
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