Post-Debate Media Spin/Focus Group/Poll Megathread

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Let's just remember how low the bar is set for Donald Trump. He didn't need to beat Hillary at all. All he needed was to not look like a rabbling idiot. Of course, he did look like a complete idiot, but probably only to those who actually know politics, which is not the people who are relevant here.

But as usual, the press narrative will be more important than the actual debate.

I remember this from 2012 from you

I think the imagery and messaging from these debate was awful for Trump and will be a strong test of his true support base.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Brian Fallon from the Clinton Campaign said, "I don't think we will see any major changes in the polls."

Good expectations management.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

^^ I just thought it was funny that he thinks Trump won.  Liberals are such whiners, don't even know when they won.

Here's Judge Nap with some no-nonsense reaming of Donald's approach:

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/09/27/judge-napolitano-dana-perino-react-first-presidential-debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton

I basically agree with you. Politics is a blood-sport, it means fighting and scrapping and getting ugly. So many of my fellow progressives are so quick to retreat and claim defeat and victimhood long before cause permits.

Clinton won, easily. Trump made a fool of himself in from of 85-90 million people. What the impacts are? We don't know.