I, and virtually every legal pundit I heard, felt sure that Michael Cohen's testimony on the Oct. 24, 2016, 8:02 pm phone call, in which he told Trumpie that the Stormy Daniels matter had been resolved, was a debacle that doomed the entire Manhattan D.A.'s case. It alone created reasonable doubt on the entire case we said. Well, it didn't. Trumpie was convicted of 34 felonies.
Hillary Clinton beat Trumpie in three out of three debates in 2016. Trumpie lost the popular vote, but still got 46.1% and became the illegitimate president. Joe Biden beat Trumpie two out of two in 2020. Biden won but Trumpie still got 46.8% of the vote. He has lost every presidential debate he ever had and never cracked 47% of the vote.
The debate last night was a disturbing, depressing, forensic debacle for President Biden. But query me this: How many committed Biden voters yesterday at this time are now committed Trump voters? Not me. Not Republican Never Trumper Mike Miller. We are disturbed by what we saw last night, even shocked, we are depressed, but in November we will still march into the voter's booth and cast our ballot for the president. If President Biden loses this election on one debate, in June!, the earliest presidential debate in history, to Donald Trump!, then we're not a very responsible electorate, are we?What of the Sept. 10 debate? Should we cancel that? Insert Harris or Newsom or, or, or?
I believed before last night that the cake was baked for Trumpie. To state the obvious, I believe that the morning after. But put it in reverse: If President Biden had smoked Trumpie last night. Would I now be writing, would the pundits be saying, that the cake was baked for Biden? No. At least I would not be. Why not? Because debates don't matter that much. Ask President Mondale. I believe the cake is baked, but the cake will not be ready for serving until November 5.
