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Showing Original Post only (View all)I have read a concern here that Biden will not do well in a debate. [View all]
But for any here who express this concern, do you remember when Joe Biden debated Paul Ryan, the supposed policy person of the GOP?
There was no debate, because Biden so outmatched Ryan on policy and technique that, except in Fox News world, it was clear that Ryan lost badly.
The fact is, for the GOP, actual discussion and rational policy debate was replaced by insults and fear based attacks. The 2016 GOP debates perfectly illustrated this point. Trump insulted the other weak GOP candidates, and the media covered these celebrity roasts as actual debates.
The challenge for the Democrats, and the eventual nominee, will be to keep the media focused on Trump, and his constant lies, and his demonstrated incompetence and incoherence.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I have read a concern here that Biden will not do well in a debate. [View all]
guillaumeb
Mar 2020
OP
I wonder if trump* refuses to debate - will Pence (if he's still on the ticket) do the same??
Siwsan
Mar 2020
#2
Biden is a very capable debater - and don't forget who his opponent would be.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#3
IMHO the op just wants to stir. stop it! Biden did win the last two debates... handily..
Thekaspervote
Mar 2020
#11
Agreed that Biden knows much more about policy issues than Drumpf on any given day
at140
Mar 2020
#30
The majority of the people voting don't care about the political "debate."
Lucid Dreamer
Mar 2020
#50