"But against an opponent capable of delivering even an average performance, Trump would have to raise his game. Otherwise, his answers would be ridiculed as braggadocio, devoid of fact and evidence (if not flatly false). "
DING DING DING
If Trump could just bother himself to do even minimal preparation (by reading Ringside, for example) he could clean up in these debates even against a good opponent. But he just won't do it. My most fervent hope at this point is that he takes Cotton as VP and lets him run the country while he golfs in Florida.
"But against an opponent capable of delivering even an average performance, Trump would have to raise his game. Otherwise, his answers would be ridiculed as braggadocio, devoid of fact and evidence (if not flatly false). "
DING DING DING
If Trump could just bother himself to do even minimal preparation (by reading Ringside, for example) he could clean up in these debates even against a good opponent. But he just won't do it. My most fervent hope at this point is that he takes Cotton as VP and lets him run the country while he golfs in Florida.