Who says Donald Trump's not ready for Sunday's Town Hall debate?

[brooklynite]

Highlights from his "practice session" in New Hampshire yesterday:

Trump began the town hall by insinuating the mic problem he experienced during the first debate was part of a broader conspiracy by the Commission on Presidential Debates. (For the record: While Trump's mic was wonky for the audience in the room, there were no audio problems for the 84-plus million people watching on TV.) In his first answer — about whether he held back in criticizing Hillary Clinton in the first debate — Trump again brought up the microphone, insisting there was a guy in the room “oscillating” his mike.

* Asked by a recent college graduate with a chemistry major how he would create jobs, Trump (1) noted how the “dishonest” media said he was sweating, (2) talked about bringing iPhone manufacturing back to the United States, and (3) pointed out that he has the biggest and best rallies, far better than those of Bernie Sanders. (WaPo's Greg Sargent has a fuller breakdown of Trump's answer here.)

* Thrown a softball about what he would tell conservatives who are not already for him, Trump went on the attack against Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois. “I guess there’s a gentleman in Illinois who's not doing so well,” Trump said. “And he's not doing well, but, hey, that's his problem.” Sidebar: This is the leader of the Republican Party talking!

* Trump, when asked by an audience member what he would do “to convince Hispanics who were deceived by President Obama, Hillary Clinton and the biased media to vote for you,” first noted that Hispanics love him, then segued into the story of a rally he held in Las Vegas that had a “tremendous crowd of people. Hispanics, Latinos they like to be called, in that area, you know that, right?”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/07/donald-trumps-debate-prep-is-going-great/

Come early for good seats...

[NastyRiffraff]

1. Undecided voters

are not going to put up with his bloviating instead of answering their questions. At least I hope not.

He's not good at talking to people one-on-one. He kept talking about his rallies at a town hall? Yeah, I get that rallies are his preference, with supporters cheering everything he says, but a town hall is NOT a rally, and he can't make it one.

[underpants]

2. You know things are weird when Cillizza makes sense

There is no other Trump.

[Hortensis]

3. Wouldn't miss it!

Predict some evil-minded people are going to try to get tRump all upset about something(s) around Friday/Saturday/earlier Sunday. If I weren't sick of cable politics, I'd be watching those shows for anti-tRump ordnance.

[nolabear]

4. Remember when we thought Sarah Palin's word salad was incredible?

He couldn't find his butt with both hands and there are actually still a few people who will vote for him.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. These debates make me wish I lived on the West Coast

They are always scheduled so late for people on the East Coast.