The MEDIA is 100% responsible for setting the low bar for Trump in the debate

[pnwmom]

and yet they are pretending it is out of their control.

All they have to do is apply the same standard to Trump and Hillary -- not set a lower bar for him.

[rusty quoin]

1. I hope they apply the same standard. If it is about policy,

she will kill him.

I plan on watching it, though I hold little hope of an honest debate about what really matters. I would love to be wrong.

[vadermike]

2. well

I will say this.... if Donald win this debate .. the rest won't matter.. he will become President ...sorry to say... But i have confidence Hillary can play this in such a way that the Douchebag doesnt get a win... i hope so.. the alternative is too fucking scary to contemplate.. ground game or not.. If Donald is perceived as a big winner in MOnday's debate.. we will get fucked at the voting booth sorry to say.. think Reagan 1980... hate to say this.. he is a master manipulator i hope i am completely off base

[DFW]

3. Trump won't win the debate. The media may pervert the result, however

Trump doesn't have the time to learn what he needs to know to debate Hillary on any subject except possibly casino building permits. However, if he is allowed to get away with false statements and talk out of turn over Hillary and shout her down, then he will be handed a de facto victory for being "forceful" and "showing leadership," qualities he only displays after having rehearsed enough to give that impression.

[tblue37]

4. I hope he tries to pull a Lazio. nt

[LeftRant]

5. There is more than 1 debate. People thought Obama lost his first one; it didn't matter.

And we're STILL going to have so much video of DT being a horrible human being. The ads will go on after the debates, as will the campaigning. I don't think these debates are the be-all-end-all unless she sh*ts the bed... but I don't see that happening.

[uponit7771]

6. +1, and for normalizing a white supremacist as president !!!

[vinny9698]

7. Everybody is making a big mistake about Trump and the debates

They are comparing Trump to prior presidential debaters.
Trump doesn't even come close to any of those men.
Trump is no GWB, Reagan, Quayle, Dukas, etc.
So setting the bar, there is no bar to be set for Trump.
Every person who has debated in the prior presidential debates, had political experience, campaign knowledge, policy experience. A typical politician trying to move up the political ladder.
Trump is a reality actor trying to act like presidential candidate and doing a pretty poor job of acting.

[Orsino]

8. (Except for the part where they are beholden to ratings.)

(We own that.)