Both candidates have taken distinct approaches to preparing for the debate. Perhaps never before has a debate of such substance been so desperately needed. If they were wrong, it might be helpful to understand why, so they can avoid repeating their mistakes.
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The Clinton aides also fear Trump will be judged more for his performance than his grasp of the numerous challenges that pass across a president’s desk.
The differences are partly due to the fact that some polls, like Reuters/Ipsos, try to include only likely voters, while others include all registered voters.
During the long Republican primary, there was no telling which Trump would show up to a debate. Candidates will then have an opportunity to respond to each other.
Many voters are hoping to see a relatively civilized debate, after months of mutual attacks between Trump and Clinton on the campaign trail. Clinton is by nature an incrementalist, which fits in nicely with her assessment of the state of the country.
“Americans want to trust our leaders again, to know that they are fighting for everyday Americans by creating jobs, growing our economy, defending our nation from terrorism, and respecting the voters enough to be straight-forward and honest with them”, Thompson said. “There’s a level of mistrust and a caricature of her that just doesn’t jibe with who I know”.
If you could ask Clinton to look beyond this election and answer as a general matter whether America is going to be OK over the long term whether or not she’s elected, she’d nearly certainly say yes.
Her assistant later confirmed to Buzzfeed that Ms Flowers would accept an invitation from Mr Trump to sit in the front at the event, although it is not yet clear whether the Republican nominee has extended a formal invitation. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. “I can take that kind of stuff”. Trump, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to see any problem as complex. “And I think that’s what makes it for such great television”.
Needless to say, in a forum where you’re only allowed to speak in two-minute chunks, the one selling simple answers has a built-in advantage. Clinton has accused Trump of racism and of being temperamentally unfit for the Oval Office. “But she can’t necessarily count on them to vote”.
You can see this contrast clearly in the ways the two candidates talk when they’re reaching for patriotic language.
The race is now reverting back to a more traditional, highly-partisan election where both sides are concerned about shoring up their base or attracting people who generally wouldn’ t vote rather than reaching towards the increasingly small pool of moderates and independents. “Hillary Clinton’s casual relationship with the truth is well known to Americans”. It will also be a contest about whether policy details are important at all. In his first few months in office, congressional Republicans will send him an avalanche of conservative bills, doing things like cutting taxes for the wealthy, making abortions as hard as possible to obtain, rolling back everything President Obama has tried to do on climate change, undoing regulations on corporations, taking health coverage away from millions of Americans, and dozens more.
“We’re sorry about the disruptions”, Rabinowitz said.
“Donald Trump was using the tweet yesterday really to mock an effort by Hillary Clinton and her campaign to really distract attention from what the American people are going to be focused on tomorrow night, which is on the issues, on the choice that we face”, Pence said.
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The first presidential debate ahead of the upcoming elections will be held in Hempstead, New York. “They ought to make that play”, Elleithee said.
