I'm getting kinda nervous that the orange piece of shit will eat these Dem candidates alive.

[a kennedy]

He’ll lie, and lie, and lie........the Dems don’t know how to lie, they don’t know to cheat, they don’t know to screw fellow partners.....HE’LL EAT THEM ALIVE.

[we can do it]

1. He's too cowardly to show up.

[madaboutharry]

2. No he won't.

They are not afraid of him. They will call him a liar to his face and treat him like the piece of shit that he is. Don’t worry.

[a kennedy]

5. Thanks.......

[PatSeg]

24. I agree

They are all too sharp to be intimidated by him.

[Pisces]

3. He's not going to debate

[Cha]

4. Not me.. if the #45IMPEACHED even

shows up.

[snowybirdie]

6. Democratic candidates

have learned a lot from the 2016 campaign. Hillary was much too forgiving of his debate taunts and treated him like a normal person. These folks have seen his stchick and will deal with it accordingly, imho.

[a kennedy]

7. I hope they can kick his damn ass.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. There is no excuse for any American not to know at this point he is a criminal and a traitor

I dont think debates matter anymore.

[a kennedy]

13. I know....you know....some of America knows.....but....he's a showman

he’s a star, (May-be in his own mind), but.....how do Dems compete with that??

[blm]

14. You can't be serious. Your 'star' hasn't grown his base and,

in fact, has shrunk it to the point that a record number of Republican congressmen are resigning.

[Eliot Rosewater]

18. Unless his base can vote twice, I am not worried about how well he lies.

Well I am actually, but I cant live in a country where half or more dont care if we cripple children so they cant come across the border.

[PJMcK]

9. Good god, man, get ahold of yourself!

From now on, there's a process.

Chill.

Speaker Pelosi has got this.

Have faith in her.

[blm]

10. People know now what a big liar he is. He'll eat himself. Only 40% of voters

think his word is any good.

Lying shows WEAKNESS not strength.

[abqtommy]

11. Democrats have something better than lies. They have The Truth, and the majority of people

in the U.S. and around the world want to hear that. We can't lose a fair and secure election.

[AJT]

12. I think that his big fear now is Bloomberg. 45 is totally intimidated by Bloomberg.

I am not in anyone's corner at this point, but Bloomberg is everything 45 bragged about being. Bloomberg is an actual successful billionaire. All Bloomberg would have to do is cross his arms and give 45 a look and 45 would be a stuttering fool.

[redstateblues]

26. He won't be going against Bloomberg. He won't be the nominee.

[CloudWatcher]

15. I'm much more worried of him starting a war, just for the distraction.

The man has no empathy. He's more than capable of any number of crimes, and is rapidly purging people with a conscience out of his admin and the military. That 6-page letter is proof that there are no longer any adults in the room.

[nolabear]

16. I think he'll be shocked if he is up against an experienced scrapper.

Joe, Warren and even Bernie, whom I don’t like, can beat him. I do like Klobuchar but have no sense she could.

I think without his base screaming and cheering, he’s going to flounder and blow and look very, very bad.

[Grasswire2]

17. He won't debate. Not a chance. nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

19. Yeah, unless it is a Liz or Amy, then he wont let himself chicken out, or will he?

Yeah, he will chicken out regardless.

[brush]

20. Nice try, wrong site for that negative crap.

[a kennedy]

25. No, ok, I'm damn nervous.....

[not_the_one]

21. He can't string enough words together to create a coherent sentence...

so he won't debate anyone.

You can't have a debate using a teleprompter, while waiting for Stephen Miller to hastily type out a rabid response to your opponent's last barbed insult...

[myohmy2]

22. "He'll lie, and lie, and lie..."

...of course he will...

...but the way handle trump is to be serious, reasonable and compassionate and when trump attacks go trump-like ballistic on him but only better...

...the only candidate that I see that will be able to tackle trump head-on like this is and do it effectively is Bernie...

...he can do it...

[ForEverGlades]

30. Starting to believe it really is Bernie

Disagree with debate requirements and leaving candidates out, but beginning to agree with your points.
Bernie seems to be the only candidate with a good organization who will be viable in November.
He's often criticized here for always returning to same thoughts and responses.
But that's because he and his supporters believe in these issues.
Unlike several other candidates, he's consistently on his message.
It's his core reason for running and the reason his ground game is probably the best in the early primary states.
He believes in what he's saying and it shows.
He's genuine and that's what will beat Trump.

Also it certainly doesn't look like the nominee will be AA or Latino, those voters need to be motivated.
A consistent, populist economic messages might well do that.

The OP made good points about Trump's potential strength.
Anyone who thinks beating him's gonna be a cake-walk is delusional.
Some post-ers seem to think the OP was just being a fear freak. Seems like he was just being realistic to me.

[myohmy2]

31. take another look...

...he can do it...

[ForEverGlades]

32. Great clip

Thanks!
Had to work late and missed the debate, so appreciate it.
Yeah, Bernie might put some people off for whatever reason, but in a GE campaign his message might well be a big motivator!
Now to finish off half my six-pack and

[The Valley Below]

23. Not me. I was impressed with all the Democrats on stage tonight.

We are in good shape.

[58Sunliner]

27. Are there some meds available?

[secondwind]

28. I don't think he debates very well. Nothing to see here, move on.

He’s actually saying today that he may not debate at all

[Fiendish Thingy]

29. We cannot act, or react, from fear

If we do, we have already lost.

Trump will not "eat them alive"- he is weak, and ignorant, and impulsive.

His high powered social media campaign may have a negative impact, just like last time, and the media may give him passes while exaggerating our nominee's gaffes and shortcomings, but Trump himself? I'm not worried one bit.

If we have a courageous nominee, with a strong, clear message, who inspires massive turnout at the polls, we will win.

[Hortensis]

33. Are you kidding?! He's a coward face to face, and he's a traitor

and a mentally disordered idiot. Only two charges for impeachment should not cause anyone to forget his hundreds of crimes, his severe endangering of national security and all his roads that lead to Russia, and his active betrayal of his campaign promises to those who voted for him, not just his failures to come through. Acting to make the healthcare he promised would be better and cheaper actually unconstitutional, appointing justices who'll do it?

The debates will be chances to indict him for failing to serve the people on every front while speaking of what presidents are supposed to do, and whoever our nominee is will not be treating him as a fellow Democrat. IF Trump has the guts to show up, of course. His aides may think they can't risk it. Rallies draw the zealous. Debates are witnessed by all.

[Joinfortmill]

34. Nope

He's too afraid to debate.

[IronLionZion]

35. Our frontrunners are experienced US Senators who won't take his nonsense

they'll give it back to him right in his face.

The inexperienced folks are unlikely to get the nomination this year so I wouldn't worry about it.

[brooklynite]

36. WE'RE DOOMED!!!!

Shall we give up? Doesn't seem to be much point in trying...