As someone else said, the first one was like two different debates for him for each half. If we say he’s doing better compared to the second half we’re damning with faint praise.
Y’know, some seem to be too worried that he’s not spontaneously combusting before our eyes. Come on, people, you really truly were expecting a psychotic episode?
His attacks on her about how if she was a good senator she could have single-handedly gotten rid of his tax write-off shows a fundamental misunderstanding of separation of powers.