Will Trump try to pull a surprise on Hillary Clinton to throw her off balance in the next debate ?

[kentuck]

What could he say or do that he hasn't already done?

I'm sure Hillary's team has gone over everything they could imagine, to prepare her for the cornered animal approach he is sure to bring.

The only way I could see him making a comeback is if he went thru a complete transformation and became a different person. If he could look calm and presidential and knowledgeable, he might convince some people that he had changed?

But, Donald is an old dog and new tricks are not his forte.

[MANative]

1. He may know how to manipulate the media to pay attention to him, but...

he's not that good an actor to pull off "presidential and knowledgeable." Especially because, even if he could fake the demeanor, you can't fake knowledge. He's a big fat zero in that category.

[kentuck]

3. I agree.

So it would probably be an attack of some sort? Does he have anything new up his sleeve? Or does he plan on attacking Chris Wallace and the "media" for his lack of popularity in the polls?

[MANative]

12. Your question captures exactly what's so dangerous about this clown.

He's completely unpredictable, except in the undoubted fact that he, 1) will claim persecution of some sort, and 2) will say something outrageously false, and 3) will blame someone (anyone!) else for his own failures or shortcomings. I think Hillary is as well prepared as she could possibly be for anything he could possibly throw at her. She knows where her vulnerabilities are and knows how to deflect them reasonably well.

I have two concerns about tomorrow's debate that have more to do with the moderator than with tRump. First, Wallace will hammer over and over again on the email issue, for which she's never crafted a "perfect" answer, and second, Wallace will allow tRump to spew lie after lie unchallenged.

[Sunlei]

2. I think she should stay out of grabbing/pushing range. fox better use comfortable chairs!

Trumps not a happy Republican these days.

[etherealtruth]

4. I have no doubt he will try ....

... and more likely than not, will fail miserably ... AGAIN.

As parodied on SNL, Clinton is made of steel

[beachbum bob]

5. He could talk calmly about issues and solutions...that would

Surprise everyone

[world wide wally]

11. I honestly don't think he could keep that up for 90 minutes

[Coyotl]

25. The one place he has yet to grope.

[Victor_c3]

6. I don't think it's possible for trump to rebound on the next debate

He already tried to pull the stunt with Bill and his mistresses. What other stunts could he pull to throw Hillary off balance?

Also, I doubt he could learn the depth of knowledge in various policy fields required to outwit Hillary in any rational debate.

Trump, honestly, has no hope at all of looking good in the next debate unless he is wearing an earpiece and is being fed the answers by others - and can manage to push his ego to the side.

[Jason1961]

7. Emails, Benghazi, Bill, Leaks

Every topic that's already been exhausted and that the American People aren't interested in any longer (if they ever were)

Hillary will focus on presenting her vision of America and basically pretend he isn't there

Speaking of the leaks has anyone uncovered any good recipes for vegetable beef soup? Not really in the mood for Risotto

[tonyt53]

8. The guy is becoming more mentally unstable daily as he reads news reports.

Not much telling what he might do. But whatever it is, Hillary will be more than ready for it.

[malaise]

9. There is nothing he can pull to throw her off balance

It's over - now go and vote

[pinboy3niner]

10. He can't throw anything that Hillary can't handle

He is simply outmatched.

[lonestarnot]

13. He may pull/grab something! He better hold onto his own nuts.

[Sunlei]

14. good thing Mr. Trump has small hands, his fellow Republicans aready have him by the balls.

wait until you're off that national stage Trump, your Republican buddies are pros at ruining lives.

[kentuck]

15. He may try to plant someone in the audience to interrupt the debate?

Screaming "Hillary is a crook!".

[underpants]

17. He clearly had plants at the townhall.

I've heard audio of that debate in RW radio that also have laughter added to a few of his lines.

[kskiska]

16. He's bring in the mother of the Benghazi victim

to sit in the front row, if allowed, according to the NY Post.

[Coyotl]

27. Time to attack all Republicans for reducing embassy security funding.

[Runningdawg]

33. Chris Stevens parents and family

have publicly stated many times they do not blame Clinton. Seeing them stump for Trump would be the ultimate October surprise. (edited) I just now saw that it is another mother.

[underpants]

18. $1 days he brings up O'Keefe's newest gotcha video

About the Clinton campaign and the DNC creating all the violence at his events.

[Democat]

24. No one cares because Trump supporters make death threats publicly

Some strange doctored video about a right wing fantasy or the daily death threats made by Trump supporters?

[TlalocW]

19. The reanimated corpse of Vince Foster

He'll be invited and will be sitting in the audience for his shout-out to him and all the other people the Clintons have killed in their quest for power.

TlalocW

[relayerbob]

20. I think he has shot his wad

... so to speak.

[annabanana]

38. eww . . .n/t

[KittyWampus]

21. In the end, who cares? Hillary Clinton should ignore him and his rants entirely

And do her best to address some topic that is relevant to voters.

[skwira001]

22. He's desperate

Yes he'll throw everything including the kitchen sink in the next debate. I expect him to make up a bunch of things and then MSNBC will say Hillary looked defensive. You can't win debates by simply making stuff up.

The guy talks like the President is a dictator or it's Hillary's fault because her one vote couldn't make 60 in the Senate to pass. It takes 60 votes in the senate and 215 or some where around there in the House.

If I am Hillary, I'd just bring the things in this video:

?t=1m38s And basically that's why I've joined this forum. MSNBC won't touch this. Even The Young Turks who bashes the mainstream media won't touch this which I've brought up to them several times. So my fellow democrats, you need to copy and past this link into Facebook. Tweet this on Twitter and ask fellow democrats to retweet this. Maybe we can get one celebrity with 10 million followers to Tweet this and think of the snow ball effect this can have on Trump. I want to see the House flip as well. Hillary can't do this because she's too disliked, so we must do it for her.

[Jerry442]

29. "You can't win debates by simply making stuff up."

Actually you can. Back when scientists began debating the Creationists, they were completely unprepared for dealing with a blizzard of lies and applause lines from the Creationists (in front of a Creationist-sympathetic audience, no less).

Hillary should just stand her ground, call out as many lies as possible using the most direct language, and refer people to her website.

[recovering_democrat]

23. will try his best. won't work.

regardless of citizens' perspective on Hillary Clinton as President, this is the real point. This is what we will see in the world once she wins!

[radical noodle]

26. Putting Pat Smith in the VIP section

[kimbutgar]

28. The fix is in. Chris Wallace has probably given him the debate questions

[PRETZEL]

30. That would not be a huge suprise

but it would also be painfully obvious right away with Trump's answers. Knowing the questions beforehand will allow him to script answers and rebuttals.

That has never happened before in anything we've heard from him.

And since it'll not just be Fox listeners, a simple "Gee Donald, I've never heard you say that before, care to expand on that?"

[citood]

31. He will have at least 50 million viewers and a live broadcast

He'll bring up the Okeefe stuff. I guarantee it.

[avebury]

36. I am not sure that the ratings will be that high.

Viewership dropped from Debate 1 to Debate 2 and I imagine that a lot of sane, rational people are flat out tired of him and just won't be that interested in tuning in.

We already know that Hillary will come in well prepared and ready to deal with any crap he tries to throw her way. By remaining calm she shows him up for the total and utter fool that he is.

Trump will walk in as a walking talking fruit cake. It is way to late for him to turn things around. He brings nothing new to the table and only his rabid followers will worship at his feet. Everyone else is so ready for election day and the end of the nightmare known as Trump.

As long as we GOTV, this election is Hillary's to win. Only a catastrophic event of some kind can stop her momentum at this point.

[citood]

41. Initial estimates are viewership wnt up from debate 2 to 3

The final numbers will probably land north of 70 million people.

[mfcorey1]

32. He has invited the Benghazi mom who spoke at the RNC Convention.

[anamandujano]

34. He looked like he could barely control himself in the last debate. It seemed he wanted to physically

assault her. In his deranged mind it would humiliate her and make her look weak. He doesn't realize it would back up the allegations of his accusers.

I'm not sure I want to watch.

[FigTree]

35. That would be Clinton's last chance.

Ideally, she should provide the public with at least a hint of her reasons for being so secretive/protective. This foggy area is at bottom, I believe, why she fosters suspicion. Because, really, it's not about him any longer. There's nothing he can do/say that he hasn't already done/said. Once elected, this shroud of suspicion will interfere with every move from her administration, which, with around 40% of, let's face it, extreme-right voters is almost the guarantee for a barely governable country. The guarantee of very low rudder-authority. Even if there are some gains down-ballot. As long as this aspect is not at least partially explained, her resilience will continue to be at the same time her best asset and her weakness. Some spin-pundit once said that debates were a sort of MRI of the "soul"...

[grossproffit]

37. I wouldn't be surprised if he pulled out his penis.

[quaker bill]

39. Of course he will

He has tried already. The reason he now suggests a drug test is that he just cannot get a rise out of her. He is confusing years of training with sedation. Hillary and her team watched the mistakes of the 16 munchkins he ran against in the primary. Trump would cut one out of the herd and lob insults until they fought back. He could then out bully and out bluster them.

Hillary sits back, smiles, and does a shimmy. Then she just answers to the substance and ignores the rest. She does not stand toe to toe and attempt to out bluster him. She steps to the side and moves on. In the process she makes him look all the more like a blithering idiot barking at the moon. If you have ever seen a person having a heated argument over a cell phone in the parking lot, where you can only hear half of the discussion, what you see makes no sense just like that. The person shouting into the cell phone looks to be completely nuts. Perhaps they are, but with only half the conversation, you cannot be truly sure.

She drives him to distraction because she engages the moderators and the audience, not him.

In the R debates he was "that which could not be ignored" and he worked it. In these debates he has been ignored for the most part and he is not dealing with it well. In general when they have engaged, he has been on defense, and the topics were of Hillary's choosing. Even then, she makes the point stick quickly and moves on.

Dispel any notion that you might entertain along the lines of this being accidental. It is a plan, it depends on years of training, and it arises from watching the films of his past games.

[womanofthehills]

40. We know he is going to get really angry over Michael Moore's movie "Trumpland" playing tonight

I sure hope Michael has something in there that will push Trump's psychopathy over the edge.