nat4900
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Well, I did a poor job explaining the parameters. Public Opinion is important but as to “who won the debate”…it’s meaningless. The goal of the debate is to simply nail down your side of the ledger and basically turn it into a scenario where you “debate yourself”. You’re open to one-liners which the GOP basically salivates over (if not masturbates over) and that will be replayed 600 times on the 24 hour news channels.
With that explanation, I then would agree......But debates DO place a candidate on a spot to back up an assertion that may only get big cheers from a friendly audience like in political rallies.....Here's an example from a recent, unscripted interview between Trump and Lester Holt (who will be one of the moderators in one of the upcoming debates):
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Holt flummoxed Trump by asking how he could say for certain that Clinton's private email server was hacked.
HOLT: But is there any evidence it was hacked other than routine phishing?
TRUMP: I think I read that, and I heard it, and somebody also gave me that information.
HOLT: Where?
TRUMP: I will report back to you. I will give it to you.
HOLT: You said it with such certainty yesterday.
TRUMP: I don't know if certainty. Probably she was hacked.