Hillary will win the debates
The debates are Donald Trump’s last chance to turn the race around.
No chance.
Trump can’t even win a debate with himself. This week he was on two sides of the Mexican border – and on two sides of the issue.
Clinton will cut him to pieces on national TV.
The New York Times had a revealing story on how the two candidates are prepping. The headline said it all: “Hillary Clinton Piles Up Research in Bid to Needle Donald Trump at First Debate”
Clinton, as you would expect, is going about it in an exacting and exhaustive way. She’s poring over research. She’s doing mock debates. Her team is studying all the Republican debates. They’re doing a psychological profile of Trump. They’re interviewing his ex-ghostwriter.
Trump, on the other hand, will tee it high and let it fly. He can’t be bothered with practice, prep or issues. He’s “more freewheeling than focused.” And he says he’ll just be himself.
Well, that should work out just fine.
Remember when Republicans mocked President Obama for using a teleprompter? Now they’re ecstatic when Trump relies on one. And he won’t have it here.
Asked who might be a stand-in for Hillary at his mock debate, Trump, suggested his daughter Ivanka: “Wouldn’t she be great at that?”
Now, you can overdo debate prep. Most every candidate does.
But if you’re the first male to debate a female Presidential candidate, you’d better be ready. The potential for disaster is big, and Trump’s potential for disaster is, as he would say, great.
Clinton is no newbie. She debated Rick Lazio in her 2000 Senate race, and shredded him. She repeatedly debated – and defeated – both President Obama and John Edwards in 2008. And she spent a full day embarrassing a House committee of loaded-for-bear Republican congressmen on national TV.
Trump did win the Republican debates. But look at the competition. Not one of them had the smarts or you-know-whats to stand up to him.
The multitude of candidates enabled him to get by with insults and one-liners. A 90-minute debate between two candidates answering dozen of questions will show there’s nothing to Trump but insults and one-liners.
One thing Trump makes clear: If Hillary hits him, he’ll hit back.
She’s counting on it.
Hillary will win the debates
The debates are Donald Trump’s last chance to turn the race around.
No chance.
Trump can’t even win a debate with himself. This week he was on two sides of the Mexican border – and on two sides of the issue.
Clinton will cut him to pieces on national TV.
The New York Times had a revealing story on how the two candidates are prepping. The headline said it all: “Hillary Clinton Piles Up Research in Bid to Needle Donald Trump at First Debate”
Clinton, as you would expect, is going about it in an exacting and exhaustive way. She’s poring over research. She’s doing mock debates. Her team is studying all the Republican debates. They’re doing a psychological profile of Trump. They’re interviewing his ex-ghostwriter.
Trump, on the other hand, will tee it high and let it fly. He can’t be bothered with practice, prep or issues. He’s “more freewheeling than focused.” And he says he’ll just be himself.
Well, that should work out just fine.
Remember when Republicans mocked President Obama for using a teleprompter? Now they’re ecstatic when Trump relies on one. And he won’t have it here.
Asked who might be a stand-in for Hillary at his mock debate, Trump, suggested his daughter Ivanka: “Wouldn’t she be great at that?”
Now, you can overdo debate prep. Most every candidate does.
But if you’re the first male to debate a female Presidential candidate, you’d better be ready. The potential for disaster is big, and Trump’s potential for disaster is, as he would say, great.
Clinton is no newbie. She debated Rick Lazio in her 2000 Senate race, and shredded him. She repeatedly debated – and defeated – both President Obama and John Edwards in 2008. And she spent a full day embarrassing a House committee of loaded-for-bear Republican congressmen on national TV.
Trump did win the Republican debates. But look at the competition. Not one of them had the smarts or you-know-whats to stand up to him.
The multitude of candidates enabled him to get by with insults and one-liners. A 90-minute debate between two candidates answering dozen of questions will show there’s nothing to Trump but insults and one-liners.
One thing Trump makes clear: If Hillary hits him, he’ll hit back.
She’s counting on it.