2016 Presidential Debates

[Bill the Cat]

Friday, July 29
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stein Reuters/Ipsos Clinton 37, Trump 37, Johnson 5, Stein 1 Tie

[JimL]

Calm yourself, Mr L - that was one poll. Here's another.

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And Real Clear Politics Average has her with a 1.1 lead.

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It's simply too early to tell. AND, it comes down to election turnout in battleground states.

Yep, way to early to worry about polls.

[Cow Poke]

Yep, way to early to worry about polls.

They're an indicator, Mr L -- You need to look at trending, not a 'snapshot in time'.

[JimL]

They're an indicator, Mr L -- You need to look at trending, not a 'snapshot in time'.

Yep, way to early to worry about the polls.

[Cow Poke]

Yep, way to early to worry about the polls.

Yep, way to early to worry about polls.

Wanna try one more time? This time, try "too" instead of "to".

[rogue06]

Yep, way to early to worry about polls.

True, but historically candidates receive a bounce after a convention. It is a bad sign for Hillary if she didn't.

[nickcopernicus]

Yep, way to early to worry about the polls.

Nick:
Perhaps it is. However, the Electoral college advantage held by Democrats gives Hilary a huge advantage. You'd think the fact that Trump is a raging lunatic would also play to her advantage, unfortunately, Trump's base constituency is poorly educated rural hillbillies who agree with his xenophobic rants.

In any case, to the topic at hand, Hilary Clinton emerged relatively unscathed after an 11 hour grilling by Benghazidiots, so I'm sure she'll be able to wipe the floor with Trump. Not that it will matter, of course. Presidential debates haven't had much effect on who wins or looses unless someone makes an "oops" gaffe. Trump, of course, has the advantage of being able to say virtually anything and his supporters either write it off as a "joke," claim it was taken "out of context," or just ignore it. He is essentially, gaffe-proof. A great skill, I have to admit.


Cheers,

Nick

[demi-conservative]

so I'm sure she'll be able to wipe the floor with Trump.

Yes, yes, yes, 'no press conference in 200+ days Clinton' will beat Teflon Don in debate!! And sun will rise from the west!!!

[demi-conservative]

The people in charge of scheduling debates are these folk, not the DNC or the RNC.

Correction (also from your own source): DNC and[ RNC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commis...ential_Debates

It's not a partisan issue, like you want it to be.

Right, it was bipartisan effort for less attention to Hillary vs Jeb debate!!

[nickcopernicus]

Yes, yes, yes, 'no press conference in 200+ days Clinton' will beat Teflon Don in debate!! And sun will rise from the west!!!

Nick:
It's certainly a serious problem that she's avoiding press conferences like Palin was. She was probably hoping the e-mail thing would go away (it won't, ever, like Obama's birth certificate crap). I expect her to have some in the next coming months.

In any case, I like how you completely avoided the Bengazhi grilling that she received for 11 hours. Republicans politicians were certainly harder on her than any press would be (on the whole, they're liberal friendly, after all, right?)

Cheers,

Nick

[Jaecp]

Nick, Demi-conservative is a troll. He's never going to give you a serious response because he either can't it won't.

[demi-conservative]

Nick:
In any case, I like how you completely avoided the Bengazhi grilling that she received for 11 hours. Republicans politicians were certainly harder on her than any press would be (on the whole, they're liberal friendly, after all, right?)

Is that suppose to be a good point?? Republican politicans> liberal press is red herring, irrelevant to Trump vs. Hillary. Why? Because for 'hardness on Hillary scale', Trump>>>> Republican politicians > liberal press!!

For Benghazi hearing Hillary was massively booked up and can basically blame lack of sufficient knowledge and others. But for unscripted press conference she runs! And debate with unpredictable no-holds-barred Trump?? She'll be slaughtered!!!

[demi-conservative]

Nick, Demi-conservative is a troll. He's never going to give you a serious response because he either can't it won't.

There, there kiddo, try to be less triggered!!

[JimL]

True, but historically candidates receive a bounce after a convention. It is a bad sign for Hillary if she didn't.

Its way to early to know whether she recieved a bounce or not, although the poll that CP posted indicates a 10 point bounce. But we'll know better this week.

[JimL]

Nick:
Perhaps it is. However, the Electoral college advantage held by Democrats gives Hilary a huge advantage. You'd think the fact that Trump is a raging lunatic would also play to her advantage, unfortunately, Trump's base constituency is poorly educated rural hillbillies who agree with his xenophobic rants.

In any case, to the topic at hand, Hilary Clinton emerged relatively unscathed after an 11 hour grilling by Benghazidiots, so I'm sure she'll be able to wipe the floor with Trump. Not that it will matter, of course. Presidential debates haven't had much effect on who wins or looses unless someone makes an "oops" gaffe. Trump, of course, has the advantage of being able to say virtually anything and his supporters either write it off as a "joke," claim it was taken "out of context," or just ignore it. He is essentially, gaffe-proof. A great skill, I have to admit.


Cheers,

Nick

Republicans didn't much discuss issues in the primary debates, just a lot of fear mongering and name calling. Trumps good at that and so won that contest, but i don't think he'll be able to win any debate with that strategy against Clinton. She, won't be playing to his naive base like his republican opponents were forced to do in the primaries and he will be inihilated by Clinton when he actually has to debate the issues.