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Chris Wallace Calls Debate 'a Terrible Missed Opportunity'

Source: New York Times

Chris Wallace, the “Fox News Sunday” anchor and moderator of Tuesday’s melee of a debate between President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr., was on the phone Wednesday from his home in Annapolis, Md., reflecting on — his words — “a terrible missed opportunity.”

“I never dreamt that it would go off the tracks the way it did,” he said.

In his first interview since the chaotic and often incoherent spectacle — in which a pugilistic Mr. Trump relentlessly interrupted opponent and moderator alike — Mr. Wallace conceded that he had been slow to recognize that the president was not going to cease flouting the debate’s rules.

“I’ve read some of the reviews, I know people think, Well, gee, I didn’t jump in soon enough,” Mr. Wallace said, his voice betraying some hoarseness from the previous night’s proceedings. “I guess I didn’t realize — and there was no way you could, hindsight being 20/20 — that this was going to be the president’s strategy, not just for the beginning of the debate but the entire debate.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/business/media/chris-wallace-debate-moderator.html

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THE ECONOMIST campaign model: State by State win probabilities

Virginia: Biden 96%
Minnesota: Biden 93%
Michigan: Biden 90%
New Hampshire: Biden 89%
Wisconsin: Biden 88%
Nevada: Biden 86%
Pennsylvania: Biden 84%
Florida: Biden 68%
Arizona: Biden 63%
North Carolina: Biden 58%

Georgia: Trump: 56%
Ohio: Trump 62%
Iowa: Trump 64%
Texas: Trump 79%

https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/president

David Axelrod: According to a Trump friend, "voter fraud" rants are his coping mechanism...

He can't accept losing, so he creates a story to explain why to himself.

(Private small group call)

South Carolina polls (Quinnipiac): Trump 48-Biden 47; Harrison 48-Graham 48

Republican incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison are locked in a dead heat in the race for U.S. Senate, 48 - 48 percent, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of likely voters, which was conducted prior to the presidential debate. This is unchanged from a September 16th survey, which also showed both candidates each getting 48 percent support.

Ninety-five percent of likely voters who selected a candidate in the Senate match up say their minds are made up, while 4 percent say they might change their minds.

"There hasn't been a Democrat elected to the Senate from South Carolina since 1998. Outspent and labeled by critics as an apologist for President Trump, Lindsey Graham is facing the fight of his political life," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.

In general, 49 percent of likely voters want to see the Republican Party win control of the U.S. Senate, while 44 percent want the Democratic Party.

https://poll.qu.edu/south-carolina/release-detail?ReleaseID=3677

Commission on Presidential Debates Statement

Source: Commission on Presidential Debates

September 30, 2020

The Commission on Presidential Debates sponsors televised debates for the benefit of the American electorate. Last night’s debate made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. The CPD will be carefully considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce those measures shortly. The Commission is grateful to Chris Wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last night’s debate and intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates.


Read more: https://www.debates.org/2020/09/30/cpd-statement-4/

Mike Murphy says his inside GOP sources are worried that Trump is losing in Ohio...

..per the HACKS ON TAP podcast.

What does Trump do in Debate 3...

...if Pence looks good in Debate 2?