2020 POTUS Debate 2 (22 October) follow-along and discussion thread

Biden’s brothers?

I still think DJT is winning this because someone gave him a potion to keep his shit together. There is a lot of time left but he’s going to have to go way off the rails for this to be decisive.

Did Trump just claim that he has not spent money investigating Joe Biden?

He’s come close to jumping the track several times. Give it a few more minutes.

Fingers still crossed.

I think you’re grading him low. Any other candidate you would be laughing at his rants.

Welker doing a great job.

Good thing we’re not drinking every time Trump says “Excuse me.”

He opened it. Didn’t like it. Then closed it.

No surprise, trump is pushing the “ Biden’s corrupt” line hard, because that’s all he’s got. The irony is palpable.

Why doesn’t Biden mention Trump’s kids working at the White House and making over $100 million?

Exactly. Trump was a 3 day old baby on the first debate. Now he’s like a moderately well behaved 2 year old. That’s an improvement, but not exactly a great performance.

40 minutes in, I’m calling this a draw to this point.

Funny, I’m grading this for Biden.

the positive/negative sentiment tracker for Twitter responses on 538 is even so far

He needs a paddlin’.

You are very much correct. Problem is DJT, used the same rhetorical nonsense in 2016 and it got him elected POTUS. I’m not 100% yet that is won’t work a second time.

Damn. I’m barely convinced Biden has a 60% chance of winning.

I know 538 has it at 88%.

It’s only a draw if you pretend you don’t know much about either guy and you halfway buy trump’s bullshit Biden corruption line

Malarkey alert. Drink!

Fair, but against a worse candidate and in a very different time.