FIGURE OUT WHAT’S THE BEST WAY
TO MARSHAL AND SPEND ALL OF THE
REMAINING RESOURCES BETWEEN NOW
AND NOVEMBER 3rd.
RIGHT NOW BIDEN IS AHEAD IN THE
POLLS BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN
MOST SWING STATES.
TAKE THE POLLS WITH A GRAIN OF
SALT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT’S TRUE.
IF BIDEN IS THIS FAR AHEAD, AS
THE POLLS SAY, BIDEN DOESN’T
NEED ANOTHER DEBATE RIGHT NOW TO
TRY TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
HE DOESN’T NEED TO CHANGE HIS
MESSAGE DRAMATICALLY TO CHANGE
THE COURSE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN’S
PERSPECTIVE, THINGS ARE GOING
WELL FOR THEM THAT THEY’RE
HAPPIER BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT
ANYTHING TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT
15 DAYS.
IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THERE’S GOING TO BE A THIRD
DEBATE, WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP
BACKED OUT OF THE SECOND DEBATE.
THERE’S ONLY BEEN ONE DEBATE SO
FAR, AND THAT’S THE FIRST ONE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PERFORMANCE IN
THE FIRST DEBATE WAS SO
DISASTROUS AND HIS POLLING
CRATERED SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER,
I’M SURE THEY WOULDN’T MIND A
SECOND SIP OF TEA.
BUT THERE’S A QUESTION WHETHER
OR NOT THERE WILL BE A THIRD
DEBATE THIS WEEK.
I’M SURE THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS
CONFIDENT GIVEN HOW PRESIDENT
TRUMP BEHAVED IN DEBATE ONE.
BUT THEY DON’T NEED THINGS TO
CHANGE TO GO THEIR WAY.
THE PRESIDENT HAD THE TERRIBLE
FIRST DEBATE, HE BAILED ON THE
SECOND DEBATE LAST WEEK.
I THINK IT SHOULDN’T BE
OVERLOOKED THAT LAST WEEK THE
PRESIDENT ADMITTED HE BROKE THE
RULES THAT STIPULATED HE NEEDED
A COVID TEST ON THE DAY OF THE
FIRST DEBATE.
THE PRESIDENT WAS IN THE
HOSPITAL HOSPITALIZED FOR WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT COVID SYMPTOMS
WITHIN DAYS OF THE FIRST DEBATE.
THE PRESIDENT NOW WON’T SAY
WHETHER OR NOT HE ACTUALLY
FOLLOWED THE RULES AND GOT
TESTED THE DAY OF THAT DEBATE.
HE SAYS MAYBE HE DID HAVE THAT
TEST, MAYBE HE DIDN’T, HE
DOESN’T KNOW.
HIM BREAKING THE RULES IN THAT
FIRST DEBATE IN THAT WAY SHOULD
PRESUMABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF
CONSEQUENCE, RIGHT?
IF BIDEN WANTED TO OPT OUT OF
DEBATE THREE, THAT SEEMS LIKE
REASON ENOUGH.
TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN
WROTE AN OPEN LETTER COMPLAINING
TO THE COMMISSION ON
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ABOUT THE
RULES HIS CAMPAIGN ALREADY
AGREED TO.
THEY ALSO WEIRDLY IN THIS LETTER
TO THE COMMISSION, THEY
COMPLAINED THAT THIS FINAL
DEBATE -- THEY WERE PROMISED,
THEY SAID, PROMISED THAT THIS
FINAL DEBATE THAT’S COMING UP
THIS WEEK WOULD BE ABOUT FOREIGN
POLICY AND NOTHING ELSE.
NOW THEY WANT ALL THE OTHER
ANNOUNCED TOPICS DROPPED.
THAT’S NOT TRUE.
THE THIRD DEBATE WAS NEVER
PROMISED TO THEM OR TO ANYONE TO
BE ALL ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY.
THAT IS SOMETHING THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN MADE UP.
THE COMMISSION SAID FROM THE
OUTSET THAT THE MODERATOR OF THE
THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE WOULD
CHOOSE THE TOPICS HERSELF AND
ANNOUNCE THEM IN ADVANCE.
THAT’S WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
BUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS LYING
ABOUT THAT, SAYING THEY WERE
PROMISED IT WOULD BE ALL FOREIGN
POLICY.
THEY’RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT
HOPING NOBODY REMEMBERS THE REAL
STORY.
IT SEEMS A LITTLE DESPERATE.
THE PRESIDENT TODAY, OF COURSE, ALSO STARTED TALKING SMACK,
ALSO STARTED TALKING SMACK,
STARTED MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS
AGAINST KRISTEN WELKER, THE
MODERATOR FOR THE DEBATE.
THAT KIND OF WHINING AND
COMPLAINING IN ADVANCE AND LYING
IN ADVANCE ABOUT BOTH THE DEBATE
COMMISSION AND THE MODERATOR,
THAT’S, LIKE, YOU KNOW, STANDARD
ISSUE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TACTICS,
WORKING THE REFS AHEAD OF THE
CONTEST.
BUT NOW WITH THE LATE-BREAKING
NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT’S
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN WITH THE
THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE THIS
WEEK, I MEAN, LET’S SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS
TONIGHT THE COMMISSION ON
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES ACTUALLY IS
GOING TO CHANGE THE DEBATE
FORMAT A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO
KEEP IT FROM TURNING INTO
ANOTHER 10,000-CAR PILEUP LIKE
THE PRESIDENT CAREENED US ALL
INTO THE FIRST DEBATE.
THIS IS HOW THEY REPORTED IT
TONIGHT.
QUOTE, AS IN THE FIRST DEBATE,
EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ALLOTTED
TWO MINUTES OF SPEAKING TIME TO
INITIALLY ANSWER THE MODERATE’S
QUESTIONS, BUT WHILE EACH
CANDIDATE IS USING THAT TWO
MINUTES, QUOTE, HIS OPPONENT’S
MICROPHONE WOULD BE TURNED OFF
IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE AN
UNINTERRUPTED RESPONSE.
AFTER THE DISASTROUS FIRST
DEBATE, THE COMMISSION HAD SAID
THEY WOULD CONSIDER ADDITIONAL-M
MEASURES TO KEEP THE DEBATE
FUNCTIONING, INCLUDING THE RULE
THAT EACH CANDIDATE GETS TWO
MINUTES TO ANSWER BEFORE BEING
INTERRUPTED.
THAT MEANS THEY WARNED THIS IS
COMING, BUT NOW THEY ACTUALLY
MADE THE CHANGE.
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS NO NEED
FOR THIS DEBATE.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN NEEDS THE
DEBATE, BUT THEY’RE SO INVESTED
IN THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS THE VICTIM AND HE