The Debate

 

Well at least that was better than two elderly guys yelling about golf.

Some takeaways:

1) Kamala Harris should have just answered the questions, especially the first one (are people better off now than they were four years ago)-- the answer is clearly "yes," if you remember September of 2020.

2) There was a real turning point. Trump was composed and making sense-- and winning the debate-- until Harris made fun of his rallies. After that he lost his composure and went on a weird series of rants, which is exactly what Harris wanted.

3) You could almost see Trump thinking "Don't talk about eating pets... they said don't talk about eating pets..." before blurting out some nonsense about immigrants eating pets.

4) ABC did the best job of fact-checking the most egregious lies. Trump people say that they only fact-checked Trump, but he was the one telling the most egregious lies. 

5) In the end, only one of the candidates came off as presidential-- having that gravitas-- and it was not the former president.