My Quick Takes on the Debate

by Rod D. Martin
September 26, 2016

My quick takes on the debate (and I hope you enjoyed my live tweets at http://www.twitter.com/RodDMartin).

1. Tonight proved what I thought: both Trump AND Hillary are bad debaters. But there's a difference.

Donald Trump is new at this. He's not a politician, he's not a wonk, and he's not a lawyer. The past month proves he's teachable and he can learn from his mistakes. Kellyanne will have him watching video almost immediately and he'll improve.

Hillary IS a politician, a wonk and a lawyer. Yes, she has experience, but as Trump might say, it's all bad experience: the non-debates this fall against Sanders (watched by no one), the non-debates during her Senate races (watched by no one), the debates she lost to Obama eight years ago. This is the best she can do, even after non-stop prep. It isn't getting better.

So more likely than not, he will improve. If he does, he'll kill her.

2. Trump won the first half. He stumbled in the second by allowing Hillary to p…