I’m really tired of this whole discourse.  Trump has given a worse performance in every debate, rally, and press conference he’s done since 2015.  There’s something to be said for the Dems having higher standards than the bottom-feeding grifters in the GOP, but JFC, the entire country is acting like the sky is…

The DNC is a dysfunctional mess and has very little power to actually do anything. If you’re looking for a broad conspiracy to produce the candidate you don’t like through the DNC, there isn’t one. Haplessness is a much better explanation for how things turned out than any sort of malice. The explanation for Biden…

Unless his entire cabinet has “cognitive decline” I really don’t care what some sneering shithead diagnoses from his dungheap.

Not news.

Yeah, a lot of people focus too much on the overall percentage when unfortunately the nightmare that is the Electoral College makes individual states matter a lot.  And unfortunately said states are not swaying Joe’s way.

A little generous to the Brits but the second part is painfully on point.

Yeah, I really cannot believe we’re gonna do a 2016 all over again.  Congratulations DNC you’ve learned nothing in 8 years (or perhaps, if I’m being generous, unlearned something in 4).

I mean the last time he won.  He was elected for the same reason people watch rodeo clowns, ran the country about as well as one, and then we were desperate enough to demand a return to normalcy.  But now it’s been four years of Biden running the country competently if unexcitingly, and I’m not at all confident that…

I think the problem is is that Trump’s dementia is no different to his behaviour from the last 70+ years or so. So...you can’t really call it a decline...technically speaking.

Trump didn’t get elected last time. He was beaten by the dull old man who doesn’t care about making exciting TV.

Is this an Ash Sarkar tribute?

Plenty of people care that Trump is a lying sociopath, that’s a big reason for why he lost in 2020, and why he has never won a majority of votes despite eight years of the media and half our political establishment falling over themselves to worship him.

Oh no! Not pretty dull TV. That’ll be devastating because as we all know, the most important issue here is ratings and excitement.

Polling has been such a mess since 2020 I find it difficult to put much, if any, faith into any of it. For the longest time, conventional wisdom was polls would undercount GOP strength. But that’s flipped since 2020, especially during the 22 midterms. Now there may be a Dem undercount. But its so messy when you get…

Nazi, follow your leader

It’s just weird to me that Trump’s obvious cognitive decline (I mean, dude was on pause for a full 90-seconds) does not get discussed AT ALL, except by late night comedians.  I’m not comfortable with either choice, but at least I know Biden doesn’t surround himself with crony yes-men or the 2025 Project people (who…

The polls have shown a roughly +2% boost for Trump, which is actually lower than average for the winner of a debate. And historically it’s very unlikely that most or even any of that bump will be permanent. Typically debate bumps evaporate after 2-3 weeks.

no-one cares that Trump is a lying sociopath - we know he is and if you like him, you see it as the price for a stacked Supreme Court, and if you don’t like him, you already knew all that. Attacking Trump on personalty and ethics will get Biden nowhere - attack the actual policies and his record, and then you could…

The media is focusing on it. Actual people don’t gaf.

Is it a good film? No, not at all. Are parts uncomfortably offensive by standards then as well as now? Oh, yes. Did I almost die laughing when Bernie fell off the boat and started clanging. Yes, I believe I did.