Optics across the board of Biden's debate performance have been universally negative. I personally cringed at a lot of it. The glaring contrast between this adject performance and eg the State of the Union speech, and his very upbeat performance at his North Carolina rally the day after the debate with Trump almost demands an explanation…
Optics across the board of Biden's debate performance have been universally negative. I personally cringed at a lot of it. The glaring contrast between this adject performance and eg the State of the Union speech, and his very upbeat performance at his North Carolina rally the day after the debate with Trump almost demands an explanation. Bob Woodward, who thought his performance was catastrophic, said journalists should spend more time trying to understand this anomalous under-performance. I agree. One reflection I have for now is that, for whatever reason, Biden lost his usual psychological equanimity in how he handled things when confronted with Trump's torrent of deceits and lies, all of which had effective counters if presented in a straightforward but upbeat manner, and not get tangled defensively with one lie after another - that was too obvious in watching his on screen reactions while Trump lumbered on. Biden was emotionally overwhelmed, and it showed big time. Does this make him an incapable president? I don't think so. But his relationship to Trump may be too toxic for him to be able to debate with him live. I don't know. In his rally, with a supportive wife and crowd, he was effective in his rebuttals, and in his assertions. Whether he had teleprompter help, after all it was a campaign speech, her performance was second to none. Can he learn how to recover from his disastrous debate? I'm not sure. But I'm more than willing to give him chance to re-bate Trump. It isn't that hard to break down Trump's performance, his ad hominem, his attack hooks, and take up a forceful approach on Dem issues, and his own record as president. My morning rant. Biden has to up his extemporaneous dynamic with Trump in particular.
Optics across the board of Biden's debate performance have been universally negative. I personally cringed at a lot of it. The glaring contrast between this adject performance and eg the State of the Union speech, and his very upbeat performance at his North Carolina rally the day after the debate with Trump almost demands an explanation. Bob Woodward, who thought his performance was catastrophic, said journalists should spend more time trying to understand this anomalous under-performance. I agree. One reflection I have for now is that, for whatever reason, Biden lost his usual psychological equanimity in how he handled things when confronted with Trump's torrent of deceits and lies, all of which had effective counters if presented in a straightforward but upbeat manner, and not get tangled defensively with one lie after another - that was too obvious in watching his on screen reactions while Trump lumbered on. Biden was emotionally overwhelmed, and it showed big time. Does this make him an incapable president? I don't think so. But his relationship to Trump may be too toxic for him to be able to debate with him live. I don't know. In his rally, with a supportive wife and crowd, he was effective in his rebuttals, and in his assertions. Whether he had teleprompter help, after all it was a campaign speech, her performance was second to none. Can he learn how to recover from his disastrous debate? I'm not sure. But I'm more than willing to give him chance to re-bate Trump. It isn't that hard to break down Trump's performance, his ad hominem, his attack hooks, and take up a forceful approach on Dem issues, and his own record as president. My morning rant. Biden has to up his extemporaneous dynamic with Trump in particular.