President Joe Biden's debate gamble backfires

Democrats left the presidential debate Thursday night in a panic, as President Biden's appearance left a nation wondering whether he would be able to govern for another term.

Although well prepared with facts and figures, Biden's shaky voice and shaky, no-prompter mannerisms quickly became the headline of this debate.

The raspy delivery, the halting nature of some of the answers and the occasional lapse into absurdity revealed a Biden who had been carefully hidden from view.

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It will be difficult for Biden to recover from this performance and the risky gamble the campaign took with an early debate.

There were no “fake and cheap” videos here. Real videos will take over the Internet Friday, because the interpretation of a debate can be even more important than the debate itself; and the interpretation of this debate goes in the same direction.

Nearly every think tank and pundit agrees that Biden’s campaign has taken on a lot of water. It was already behind in the polls, and this event was supposed to change that and give it a leg up.

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BETWEEN BIDEN, TRUMP WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED FESTIVAL

The best thing the campaign can hope for is that a well-organized convention can repair this damage and give its candidate another look. There will be discussions about a new candidate but, as David Axelrod observed, the delegates were chosen and the votes were cast in a democratic process and the only person who can change that is Joe Biden. -even. The party will continue to close ranks behind Biden.

President Biden's campaign was already behind in the polls, and this event was supposed to be a game-changer and bring it back up.

Former President Donald Trump, by contrast, kept his cool regardless of the insults he received. He had fewer facts and figures, but he repeated his message on immigration over and over again.

He denounced the various traps that were set for him concerning reprisals, respect for the results of the elections and January 6, for which he attributed responsibility to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, affirming that she had refused the 10,000 National Guardsmen that Trump said he had previously offered him.

The presidential debate between Biden and Trump was a festival of the unprecedented

There was no handshake before or after the deeply personal debate that included accusations of “criminal,” “criminal” and “liar.”

The culmination of the debate was the serious dispute over golf handicapping.

Why did the president's team invite this debate? This is a question that will be debated for a long time.

The moderators were surprisingly fair – asking reasonably focused and relevant questions on domestic and foreign affairs. They were polite and asked candidates to answer their questions, but made no comment when they failed to do so.

On the political level, Trump has always played the intelligence card, always returning to the theme of immigration. He declared his response would be a “success” and rejected the idea of ​​a national ban on abortion.

Surprisingly, he did not reiterate his policy of not taxing tips. He defended corporate tax cuts and his China policy. His best response was probably to call Biden a Palestinian, and a bad Palestinian, and to say that he would have let Israel finish the job.

In the end, Biden threw out every name and negative story he had in his trash can against Trump, whether they were debunked or not. Trump fired back. Voters don't really care about personal antagonism.

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In the end, what mattered most was not what the candidates said, but rather how they said it. Trump didn't seem to have prepared much for this debate, except for his obvious determination to maintain his composure. He achieved this goal.

Biden clearly tried to memorize his conclusion and other key answers, but it didn't help.

Clearly, Attorney General Garland's refusal to turn over the recordings of Special Counsel Robert Hur's interview with the President will meet further appeals, because it is more than possible that these recordings reflect an unstable president, and the transcripts may have been modified.

Whether it was Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. or Dean Phillips, Democrats went to extreme lengths to eliminate a Democratic primary race. Biden was untested by this process and was able to avoid all but the most favorable settings until this debate.

So why did the president's team invite this debate? That's a question that will be debated for a long time.

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Regardless of the context or the rules, Donald Trump, despite his lead in the polls, decided to immediately accept the opportunity, convinced that he would prove stronger and more coherent than Biden.

In the end, he was right.

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