candycorn
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Or under-performed enough to make you nervous?
Thoughts?
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HRC wiped the floor with him and once again showed why politics is a profession; best left to the professionals. Trump illustrated that bluster and intimidation are not useful tools in most theaters of engagement with voters or peers. He looked several meters beyond his depth and Ms. Clinton looked right at home; competent, prepared, and qualified.
The true problem that Mr. Trump has is that the rule of thumb most of us operate by (and in the pale light of day will use to judge the performances) is the you put your best foot forward. You go into a job interview near the crest of the wave, you study your data, you shine your shoes, wear your lucky blouse or tie. Because you’re almost always meeting someone for the first time. If this was his best foot, the man has more problems than we knew about. Where does he go from here? Theoretically the 2nd debate will be a town hall type of thing where supposedly questions from the audience will give a little back in terms of specifics. The 3rd interview, however, will be moderator centered and they are sure to press for specifics. Trump is in huge trouble when it comes to specifics. Again…when you’re the President of your company and when you don’t have to answer to a board by keeping it internal…if you say we’re headed west, everyone pitches their wagon to head west. You’re the boss. When you are in the public sector where we all are board members, and you tell people to head west, a lot of folks are going to want to know why. “Cuz I said so” followed by a “believe me” ain’t going to get it done.
Particularly troubling for him is that he doubled down on the income tax issue placing conditions on when he would release it. No candidate in modern times or most voter’s memories ever conditionalized the release of income tax information. When confronted with it on MSNBC as I toured the news stations for post-game…Trump’s ditzy campaign manager was basically field dressed by Chris Matthews on the topic. Furthermore, he gave the Democrats favorite club in the golf bag a new course of attack…. Its like having a better driver than your opponent then betting her/him dinner based on a game of putt putt.