I very seriously doubt it mainly because of how far behind he is.
That would have been an excellent strategy all along, the equal of consistently getting four to six yards a play, keeping control of the ball, and getting first downs. But he’s now the equal of being down 17 and the two minute warning just went off. He has no chance of winning by getting a few first downs in a row. He’s going to throw for touchdowns. For her sake though she’s not going to try to just run out the clock but to minimally keep control of the ball as much as possible, get a few first downs, and maybe try to force a few fumbles and interceptions all the while trying hard to not drop the ball herself.
(I was going to make baseball analogies, but tonight’s Cub’s game …)
I think he half-remembered thescenein Godfather II where Michael Corleone brings Frankie Pentangeli’s brother to the hearings so Frankie won’t testify, but completely failed to understand how it was supposed to work.
This is pathetic. Obama’s half-brother will have no impact on Hillary whatsoever. If this is the best dirty trick Trump has left, he has run out of steam.
Besides, if the reports of him inviting the Obama brother and Benghazi mother are true, that alone indicates, IMO, that he’s going the direct opposite of what you’re suggesting.
The entrance of the families has been changed so that they never cross each others’ paths and no photo-ops or handshaking occurs. This is in response to Trump’s previous attempt to ambush the Clintons with Paula Jones et al.
The Times also says that Trump is doing debate prep with Chris Christie and plans to attack Clinton’s health.
They go on to say that Clinton didn’t flinch but was rattled by Trump’s antics at the last debate. Because it wouldn’t be fair if you don’t find a way to slam Hillary in all this.
Debt and entitlements, immigration, the economy, the Supreme Court, foreign hot spots and the candidates’ fitness to be president.
This should be a 6 inch putt for Clinton.
I expect Chris Wallace to do most of the heavy lifting.
I expect Trump to be a kraken. I said in August he would get worse and worse every day and with a couple of days exception, that’s what has happened. Because his base are addicts.
His second debate performance was worse than the first, and there’s no reason to believe this one won’t be even worse.
He will ask Clinton what she has to say to the Benghazi mother. I’m sure she’s ready. She should just stay cool, don’t throw the first zing, counter-zing instead.
Fitness to be president? This is going to be like a prosecutor’s closing argument in the death penalty phase.
Three weeks left of Trump swirling down the toilet. I still expect the press to have to pull their reporters from his rallies at some point.
He’s still going after the health issue? Not only has she looked perfectly fine for the last month, especially in the debates, why can’t she just bring up the sniffles?
The time zone difference (I’m in Jakarta, Indonesia) pisses me off to no end. I really need to turn debate watching into a drinking game, but I’m not going to drink at 9 o’clock in the morning.
Lancia, your relatives are nuts - how can they want to schedule ANYTHING except watching the debate? My husband was actually asked to participate in a conference call during the debate (by someone from USAID, of all places). I told him he should tell them to shove off (although we’re pretty sure it was an accident and the call is being rescheduled).
Because my husband has a heavy travel schedule and was in Cambodia and Thailand during debates 1 and 2, I had to watch them all alone, practically curled up into a fetal position, rocking and moaning with fear over the outcome. FINALLY for this third debate he is in town, and I will have company. I will be clutching his arm for support throughout. He’ll probably have bruises in the shape of my fingers by the end.
Cool. But I’m thinking at 9:00 I could start four threads, one for discussing separately each candidate’s statements, one for discussing the moderator, and one for audience reaction discussion only. Make sense?
(I kid! I kid!)
If Clinton is attacked for her health, I’d like her to pause before her answer. Take a big sniff. Then say that she’s doing just fine.
If he had any self control at all he’d realize that being decent and Presidential are his only chance, so of course he won’t do that.
My expectation is that his behaviour tonight will be of the sort completely unbecoming of an American presidential candidate. He will set a bar of behavior no future candidate has any chance of limbo-ing under. I’d say it’s 50-50 he openly refers to Clinton as a murderer and 50-50 he accuses her of specific murders, like Vince Foster or Seth Rich. He will directly accuse her of being responsible for the Pulse nightclub attack, or some other terrorist attack. He behavior will make his first two performances look positively gentlemanly, like back in the good old days of 2012 and every previous debate where the candidates acted like decent human beings and treated each other with a modicum of respect.
He was much worse in the first debate by the only measure that matters: the polls.
I made my decision long ago, so frankly (and I really do feel ashamed of this) my only interest in the upcoming travesty is in seeing to what degree of boorishness Mr. Trump descends. My guess is that we haven’t seen anywhere near bottom yet.
Predix: Trump’s very first response, and all thereafter, include the word “rigged”; Trump repeats his vow to have a special prosecutor investigate all things Clinton and calls Mrs. Clinton “Crooked Hillary” to her face; Trump name-checks Benghazi Mom, who will shout out “you lie!” at Hillary at some opportune moment.
Bonus points if Trump makes a menacing movement or gesture of some kind that causes the Secret Service to rush the stage.
Pretty much my sentiments exactly. I actually have a social function tonight, so I’ll have to record the debate. Not really sure I’ll have the energy to watch it after all the snippets are out there, though.