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It may be the excuse you need.
A second debate that already promised to curb the excesses of a petulant president is it will never look good.
The discussion about increasing controls, suppressing cutouts, and mic-cutting was already shaping a format to squeeze out its loud flair.
A quiet conversation would be appropriate. Joe biden better than a president who scoffs at the generalities of power and promises, but is vulnerable when the details are penetrated.
And there are questions that get lost in a heated debate that weigh more in a controlled debate. Biden’s first could be, “Mr. President, when was the last time you tested negative? [for coronavirus]? “
Donald trump he is more music hall than the modern age and the public stage works better for him.
The comedy schtick that a Trump rally sparks takes you through a performance in a way that doesn’t consider detail.
It doesn’t ring a bell for everyone, but it works for Trump’s base and it works inside his head.
So does the situation as it is, stagnant.
Framing this as the insurgent versus the establishment would reheat an issue he handed over to him in 2016.
The politics of the political debate has developed well since the initial announcement by the president.
Joe Biden wrote on his own alternate event for October 15: a question and answer session with members of the public. It would have the effect, to some extent, of presiding over Trump in a vacuum.
The Trump team responded by suggesting that the debate schedule was pushed back a week, until October 22 and October 29, which would move the schedule to four days after the election.
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Television debates have been shown to have little effect on voting intentions but, to maximize any influence, the preferred date for a lagging candidate would be the eve of a poll.
And Donald Trump has been consistently behind in the polls.
The suggestion of a change in dates was quickly rejected by the Biden campaign.
It is a game of deception that locks candidates and campaigns in a dispute over electoral infrastructure.
And, not for the first time, a voting public observes the politics of the process rather than the election.