I'm not thrilled by reality

You win Miss Congeniality for that post.

Lester Holt will call Trump out when he lies.

Clintonistas here, Clintonistas there, Clintonistas everywhere!

I expect Trump to (start, at least) repeat his "performance" from the Matt Lauer thing in terms of tone. He'll obfuscate and parry, but this is significantly longer than that was and he will be challenged. Counterintuitively, he does well if he doesn't get dirty. I don't know if he can go that long without - what he…

His base, in other words.

Take care and be well, Patrick.

So, what you're saying is "Wright is wrong," right?

Oh great The Singulatarian, please make… me… undertand!

I knew that rang a bell…

NY Times headline Tuesday:

No doubt, but it also accomplishes two other things: make the other side nervous and make them put up a fight (even if there really isn't one.)

Ad reporting from Georgia:

Your post has no cool things in it.

There are, we must remember, 3 debates (scheduled - Trump may try to play the rigged card if trounced). I think she has to have a strong performance, no matter what he does, just because of the unbalanced nature of expectations. She just can't be too cautious, removed, or wonky. A lot of people are only going to watch…

Given Trump's teflon coating, I wonder how people will react if there is a Rick Lazio moment.

If we're going with wishful thinking, I'm hoping she gets to him, point by point, and we get to watch as his get darker and darker shades of orange.

Off subject -

If (when) the debate turns into a circus, what kind of circus will it be?

Lyin' Ted is now roll over servile puppy Ted.