Consensus is that Trump will roll a cognitively weakened Biden in next week’s debate.
Fearing the worst, Pelosi’s has advised Slow Joe to skip the debates, giving rise to fringe conjecture that Biden won’t post for the debate.
Wildest machination that I’ve heard is that Biden will claim to have tested positive for COVID right before the debate — getting him some shoulda-stayed-home sympathy and a doc’s note for his absence. All followed by a DeWine-like negative test on Sept. 30.
My view: Biden will show up and, given expectations, Trump has lots of downside … and, Biden has lots of upside.
Flashback to the way Biden shredded Paul Ryan in 2012 …
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Ryan had the IQ edge by about 100 points and brought his clean-as-a-Scout persona.
So, how did Biden handle him?
