9:24 PM: “Choked” … the taunting phase of the debate begins.
9:22 PM: “Bad Hombres” for the win.
9:20 PM: Trump very grim. Calm, unchanging face. Hate to say it but low-energy and for some reason no sniffling.
9:15 PM: Remarkably sedate so far. Hillary has an obvious interest in being calm, presidential. She doesn’t need any knock out blows. Trump desperately needs a knock out blow. But he also has to stop sounding like a maniac. In other words, the shackles seem in place.
9:12 PM: She was “extremely angry.”
9:08 PM: Does Trump know he can’t fire Justices?
9:07 PM: Looks like Trump has been prepped about not doing face gymnastics while Secretary Clinton is speaking. Steely jaw and bravery as he looks into the distant horizon.
9:05 PM: Did Trump get a new haircut after the Alec Baldwin thing?
9:02 PM: Amazing that we’re hearing that despite doing more conventional prepping, his advisors have no idea whether Trump is going to follow advice or just go up on the stage and go nuts. Presidential material.
8:55 PM: Wisdom will appear here momentarily.
The Tarrant County, Texas GOP is sending out a “EMERGENCY VOTER FRAUD INFORMATION” alert recruiting “poll watchers” for “Democrat-controlled polling locations.” The details of this story are somewhat technical. So read the piece in full. Very important sign of what may be coming. Very important story. Check it out.
As we prepare for the historic moment when President Obama’s estranged half-brother makes an appearance at tonight’s final presidential debate, Steve Bannon, Generalissimo of the Trump campaign, is putting out word that more surprises are in store from the Trump debate guest list. Indeed, about an hour ago NBC’s Katy Tur tweeted out additional invitees.
I think we can all agree that the debate guest war game has gotten a bit old on both sides. But here’s the funny thing about it.
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There is something quietly delicious about the Ecuadorean government’s apparently temporary denial of Internet access to asylum seeker Julian Assange and the herculean scale of entitlement displayed by Assange and his backers in the face of the Ecuadorean government’s decision.
Here’s another interesting thing to consider about the last two months of the campaign.
I don’t think I’m exaggerating to say that the second week of September was likely the moment of peak pearl-clutching for Democrats in the entire 2016 cycle. On September 9th, Clinton gave her ‘deplorables‘ talk at a fundraiser. The story broke open the next day. Then the very next day, at a 9/11 memorial in New York City, Clinton collapsed because of some mix of pneumonia and acute dehydration. It seemed like a double whammy. And it did trigger several days of bad polls.
Here’s the trend chart for this year’s race from June to the present compared to the 2012 presidential contest from June to election day.
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