Speaker Pelosi is absolutely correct, even if unrealistic.
Still, I do believe Biden should debate Trump, but with a twist.
He shouldn't squander his and our time trying to debate Trump, live, on matters involving evidence, data, and facts — and when it comes to this president, truth is unthinkable. Yet Biden should debate him on national television — i.e., he should debate Trump's many video clips in which Trump lies with abandon while ignoring any resemblance to facts, which is every Trumpian video clip. Why not? In a real debate, Trump would just lie and molest facts anyway. But in this manner Biden would deprive him of a live presence on stage.
And I'm only half-joking.
I think a lot of people misread her intentions and who she was speaking to and, obviously about. Chait was wrong. Tactically it was brilliant. I like, as part of any analysis, to consider what isn’t there. And after Biden’s speech at the convention a lot of things disappeared. Much speculation on both the left and right disappeared as to Biden’s ostensible dementia. But also right wing calls for even more debates than the scheduled three. Boy did that disappear fast.
I see Nancy’s pithy comments on Trump as intending to get inside his head and bait him him into debates. Just as I am certain Trump’s advisors are working on detailed plans to oil out of the whole thing. Like there’s some emergency golfing that must come first.
Posted by: Peter G | August 28, 2020 at 11:00 AM