[nathanbedford]

The missed opportunity is that Biden could have been stopped dead by this debate if his corruption had been compellingly exposed. My argument is that Trump should have prepared his remarks and been more articulate, he should have supported his remarks with fact after fact which has emerged in the last few days but instead he engaged in conclusionary language, he repeated himself, he did not bring an indictment that would have persuaded. Consider how Thomas Jefferson indicted George III in the Declaration of Independence with fact after fact. Consider how Vice President Pence did it. That is how to persuade.

As a result Biden survives the debate that should have been the scene of his final execution. Nevertheless, the underlying facts of his corruption are so compelling that his momentum must be bleeding. It is a pity that such a great opportunity before tens of millions of Americans was squandered.

I believe the sex contents of Hunter's laptop will fully engage prurient interest of the unengaged voter and further diminish Biden's chances.

[Reddy]

He couldn’t indict feelsupbiden because all the evidence is just being release (why is that??).

Trump would NEVER treat others the way he has been treated ILLEGITIMATELY over the last 4 years... the accusations and finger pointing that turned out to be UNTRUE. He was careful to frame all of the feelsupbiden corruption in appropriate terms.

[Jrabbit]

Ok 🙄

[Political Junkie Too]

I think it's easy for you and I to assimilate all this information into prepared responses.

I think it's easy for President Trump to do so, because he has experts at his disposal and knows more inside information that we do.

That said, I think:

1. There are probably some things he knows, and he knows he can't say and has to filter himself.
2. Some information was late-breaking and he was probably in transit to the venue and focusing on last-minute details.
3. He's still the President, and we don't know if there were other issues he was facing that were being discussed that had nothing to do with the debate but were still occupying his mind.
4. The news cycle will go on tomorrow. The voters are going to watch what they saw tonight and what they see covered tomorrow. More outlets will report the story, some somewhat accurately and other hysterically inaccurately. The blockade on the story is over.
5. After tonight's performance, Biden will be forced to go on the road more often. No more "lids." He's not one day away from dementia.
6. More news will drop. The foundation has been laid. Dots will be connected. Biden will be asked about the daily "new news" on the stump. The pundits will take it as it comes, but the viewers will see.

I don't agree that it was a missed opportunity. I see it as President Trump spending his political capital to lay the foundation for the next two weeks' narrative against Biden, his career, and his family's exploitation of his position.

-PJ