Quote: (09-26-2016 02:58 PM)younggun Wrote:
It's not about the zingers, it's the tone. Some of the most effective, memorable Trump debate moments were zingers but the key was his delivery. For sure, if he goes "Where are your emails Hillary?" unprompted, it's going to look like he's compensating for a lack of policy knowledge.
But the "oh you're a tough guy Jeb" and "maybe she should be running" lines, in reference to Jeb's mom, were demoralizing. Trump has to show his sense of humor because it's what endears him to so many, and what will endear him to undecided voters (usually the more unintelligent). He's not winning anyone over on policy because he'll never match Clinton.
She's too well rehearsed, but this can be a negative if he sounds human and she sounds robotic as expected.
This debate is nothing like the republican debates, if Trump does anything like the Jeb comments in these debates he will lose, and badly. There really is no comparison between the circumstances at that time and this.
Not handing out zingers certainly does not mean the only option is to talk about boring policy details. There is a wide happy medium he can and should find between those two extremes.
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