"Don't ask about ISIS today" Takes Campaign Incompetence To A Higher Level

[NurseJackie]

1. Precisely! And it's very telling that he chose to respond ...

... in the way he did. He was covering for not knowing what to say. A candidate who's actually ready to be president could have given a response, and then pivoted back to the topic du jour.

A prepared candidate wouldn't have needed to put out instructions that ISIS questions were not allowed (thus signaling to the press what his weakness is, and daring them to ask.)

A qualified candidate can think on his or her feet and speak extemporaneously, and is comfortable in speaking on all topics beyond that for which he or she has prepared comments.

A skilled candidate doesn't shy away from left-field questions and knows how to redirect and guide the "conversation" without appearing to be abrupt, gruff, testy, peeved, or annoyed.

He demonstrated that he can't easily handle the unexpected, or things outside his comfort zone ... and that will come back to haunt him.