The Empire's reorganization was the epitome of political and social manipulation. Now, the American public is seeking it's own Moff--or Governor in English, to rule over the USA. As of today, there have been a complete set of Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates. I will examine both and give a verdict on the winners of each set of debates.Remember, the point these debates are to influence the voters, whether it be already decided voters or undecided voters. So, with out adieu, cue the Star Wars main theme and let's begin the analysis!
The Presidential Debate:
The much anticipated meet came out as expected. Within about 30 minutes, the devolution of the candidates began. First, we must accept that the first 30 minutes were in the Trump favor, hitting hard the record of over 20 plus years of service, both as First Lady through to her tenure as Sec. of State. These moments, should have played out for the Trump playbook for the entire 90 minute strategy, yet, when Clinton began the race-baiting attack, Trump folded like the younglings in the training room to Darth Vader. The attacks began, back and forth, both hinting at grave errors from both candidates. Very little policy was discussed from either candidate as it was the "how much more baiting can I deliver to my enemy. It remains to be seen if any real damage can be done to the Trump campaign over his remarks, as the Republican Primary season specifically pointed out those very issues and he still won the Primary for the RNC. Clinton's missed opportunities were to maintain her "policy driven" debate. She should have stuck to calling upon her policy and asking if Trump's policy had a better solution, which it would have shown that it doesn't hold up much. Trump's missed opportunities were to stay away from the race-baiting charges and to focus on showing the voters how Clinton's policy is the exact same as every single failed idea. He should have continued his attack on her "establishment" nature and failure to push or fix the issues now, which she has alluded to in her own remarks that things are bad. In the end, Clinton did come out on top with this debate, because she outsmarted Trump into goading him into needless issues and didn't focus on the larger picture.
The Vice-Presidential Debate:
While not many were expected to watch this, the debate did highlight a few specific things. One being, despite Democratic hatred towards Mike Pence of Indiana, his manner towards the onslaught attacks from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va). He outsmarted the attacks with warm platitudes and a response in least aggressive and antagonistic responses. It's clear Kaine was attempting to rattle Pence and fish for reactions much like Trump's in the first debate. Pence denied Kaine any real ammunition for attack. Kaine ultimately was too agressive and to antagonistic to really impact the high bump in Clinton's rating spike in most polls + forecast in FiveThirtyEight assessment of the first debate. Regardless, Kaine seemed less likely to speak about policy and its direction under his tenure at the Senate, as I expected to hear. Even in the most conservative of assessments of this debate would not had Kaine a likely win, in fact, he seemed more "Trump" like in this debate, and maybe it's a tactic to show calm in Clinton over a presiding officer of a Senate that has an equal chance of staying in the control of Republicans. Overall, Pence had a slight marginal win in a debate over much of the debate while Kaine flopped on many chances to attack and left his vulnerabilities to open for attack, either direct or indirect.
It should be noted, that this analysis is comprised of only events prior to the Oct. 7 video release of the Trump audio/video debacle,
