Quote (IceMage @ Oct 22 2020 08:05pm)
I disagree with some of my esteemed colleagues... I don't think Trump won this debate. He performed well, but to me it seemed closer to a tie. It's hard to judge because Trump's normal state is so terrible that a somewhat competent performance is weighed heavily.
Worth mentioning that Trump failed to make a coherent argument about the recent Hunter Biden/China scandal. So right now the closing argument is one that only resonates with people who watch Fox News every night.
Trump is losing and he had to make a serious play here. He didn't do a good enough job to make a real difference in the polls.
I mean, this isn't going to change the trajectory of the election. At the end of the day though, expectations of Trump were pretty low and he did a good job controlling himself. I think Trump won a few exchanges and Biden won a few. You could argue that in a vacuum it was a tie but expectations were dreadfully low for Trump.