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Presidential Debates 2020
August 16, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Panicking Trump Rushes to Change Prep Strategy Ahead of Harris Debate
Donald Trump is actually doing some debate prep this time.
June 18, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden Used “Unhinged” Strategy to Prepare for Trump Debate
Will Joe Biden’s strategy work again for his upcoming debate against Donald Trump?
October 23, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Righteous Anger of Joe Biden
Next to a babbling, often incomprehensible president, Biden did what he needed to do in the final debate.
October 23, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Working Class Goes Missing From Yet Another Debate
In the final presidential debate, a handful of perfunctory appeals to working people got lost in a storm of personal attacks and allegations of corruption.
October 14, 2020
Libby Watson
America’s Next Top Town Halls Are No Way to Pick a President
Two ratings-hungry news networks are determined to rescue a farce from the tragedy of a lost presidential debate.
October 8, 2020
Walter Shapiro
A Petulant Trump Squanders His Best Chance for a Breakthrough
By skipping the next presidential debate, the president is signing his own death warrant.
October 8, 2020
Jason Linkins
Kamala Harris and Mike Pence Tried to Have a Normal Debate. It Didn’t Quite Work.
The unrelenting chaos of this Covid week ensured that the vice presidential hopefuls never left the edge of Donald Trump’s abyss.
October 2, 2020
J.C. Pan
Democrats Have a Chance to Hit Trump on Jobs
The make-or-break issue for the election over the next few weeks will be the economy, not the Proud Boys.
September 30, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Right Is Blaming Chris Wallace for Trump’s Terrible Debate Performance
The president’s allies need a scapegoat. They’ve found one in the Fox News anchor.
September 30, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Desperation of Donald Trump
His unhinged debate performance is a sign that he knows he’s losing.
September 30, 2020
Libby Watson
He’s Lost Control
Trump has no debate strategy other than submerging himself in the riptide of his own chaos.
September 30, 2020
Alex Shephard
What a Mess!
The first presidential debate was a shameful spectacle, thanks to a deranged president and an out-of-his-depth moderator.
September 29, 2020
Alex Pareene
The Right and Wrong Way for Biden to Attack Trump’s Taxes
The president is not a phony billionaire. He’s a real tax cheat.
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