What do Biden and Trump need to do to win the debate?

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include the praise when you see the
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right. You know I could go
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Let's hit this all right, folks, Let's dive into this presidential debate drama

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with a dose of realism. Forget
the romantic notion of debates being eloquent exchanges

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destined for the history books. Nope, this is more like a reality TV

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showdown and we're all here for the
spectacle. So we've got President Biden and

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former President Trump gearing up for the
big debate. Who's gonna win the night?

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Spoiler alert, It's not about dazzling
speeches or heartwarming anecdotes. It's about

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who can keep their cool and hit
the right notes with the right people.

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Now, most of us are tuning
in like we're watching the NBA Finals,

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cheering our favorite team and cringing at
every misshot. But the real action isn't

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with the diehard fans. It's with
the undecided voters, those elusive unicorns who

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haven't pledged their loyalty yet. These
folks are the ones who will tip the

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balance, And here's the kicker.
The conventional wisdom says Biden needs this debate

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more. But hold onto your hats, because I'm flipping the script. Trump

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needs this debate more than Biden.
Why let's break it down first, Let's

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talk expectations. Trump's been hammering away
at Biden's age for months, setting a

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low bar for Biden's performance. If
Biden manages to string a few coherent sentences

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together, he's already won over some
skeptics, and given Biden's track record in

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big moments like his State of the
Union addresses, He's probably going to do

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just fine. But Biden's got a
trap to avoid. Two. The media

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loves a good age narrative, and
while they're busy counting Biden's wrinkles, they

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might overlook Trump's moments of incoherence.
Biden's team needs to make sure both men

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are judged by the same standards.
Fair's fair right now, who are these

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undecided voters? According to GOP polster
Kristen's Soultice Anderson, they're the low engagement

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potential voters. These folks aren't in
love with either candidate and might be swayed

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by the debate's boxing match appeal for
them, It's about both persuasion and turnout

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Wit Airs, Another GOP pollster,
says, it's also about the voters who

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don't want to vote for either guy. These voters are influenced more by the

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candidate's demeanor than by specific policies,
So who can keep their cool and seem

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more presidential. But let's not forget
the issues. For Biden, it's all

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about abortion, protecting democracy, and
health care. For Trump, it's immigration,

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crime, and the cost of living. These topics will resonate with different

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voter subgroups like non evangelical, working
class women, black and Latino men,

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college educated, independence, and the
under thirty five crowd. Here's the strategy.

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Biden needs debate Trump into one of
his classic outbursts. Remind the audience

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about Trump's felony convictions and his own
cabinet members denouncing him, get Trump riled

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up, and let him show his
true colors. Biden also needs to look

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forward, not back. He should
pitch a second term agenda focusing on drug

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price caps, daycare, elder care, child tax credits, and affordable housing.

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These are the bread and butter issues
that can win over fence sitters.

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So why does Trump need this debate
more. A recent Fox News poll shows

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Biden leading by two points overall,
five points among those who really care who

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wins, and eleven points among the
double haters who dislike both candidates. Trump's

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got to energize his base. Act
reasonable, ditch the conspiracy theories, and

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here's the big one, not make
it all about himself. Can Trump pull

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it off? Well? Count me
as skeptical, but hey, this is

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politics. Anything can happen. Tune
in, grab your popcorn, and let's

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see who takes the crown in this
debate. SmackDown. Wow, Charlemagne,

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that God really went there with his
debate predictions. Huh. The radio host

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is basically saying Biden is headed for
a total public humiliation at the hands of

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the trunk Stunna himself. According to
Charlemagne, the debate rules with the muted

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mics are going to completely kneecap poor
old Biden. He thinks there's just no

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way the eighty something president can keep
up with Trump's incoming avalanche of lies and

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insults without being able to jump in
and interrupt. In Charlemagne's colorful words,

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Biden's not going to be able to
keep up. Hey, at least he's

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being an equal opportunity ag or shamer
after all those Brandon digs at Biden.

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But just wait until Trump really gets
cooking on the personal attacks. Charlemagne predicts

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we're in for a veritable comedy special
of brutal Biden burns, especially about the

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old classic hunter and his recreational activities. I can already hear Trump's jeering voice.

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He smokes crack, doesn't he?
Joe? He smokes crack? Does

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he smoke crack? Joe way over
the line. But we all know that

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restraint has never been Donnie's forte.
According to Charlemagne, Biden's approach of trying

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to operate with decorum is basically going
to result in him getting completely steamrolled.

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In his opinion, if you don't
come in swinging low blows from the jump,

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you've already lost to a dangerous trash
talker like Trump. Now, while

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I may not agree with the overly
crass characterizations, you do have to admit

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Charlemagne makes some fair points. Biden's
age and occasional gaps provide easy ammunition for

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the former insult comic in chief,
and Trump has never been one to pull

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punches. In a recent interview,
SNL performer Sarah Sherman discussed the delightfully bizarre

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process of portraying Robert F. Kennedy
Junior's alleged brainworm during a Weekend Update segment

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this season. The comedian explained it
was all about pushing creative boundaries and being

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timely with the news. I saw
the story and immediately texted every single member

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of Weekend Update, like I got
this one. Come on, y'all,

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let me do it, she recalled. For Sherman, embodying the presidential candidate's

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parasitic headmte meant trying a lot of
different things that were new to her,

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intentionally chasing that challenge of the show. She even enlisted some writer pals to

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help brainstorm the supremely weird bit.
But perhaps even more challenging than generating the

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worm humor itself was actually visualizing the
creepy crawler on camera. See SNL's costume

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Whizzes initially had Sherman try out the
costume with no arms for maximum realistic warmness.

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Unfortunately, looking the part proved prohibitive
to the humor in this case,

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as Sherman realized, I think it's
funnier if I have arms so I can

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slurp out of a brain smoothie.
Hard to argue with that avant garde comedy logic.