Alfred Thayer Mahan was an American naval theorist who advocated navies seek a 'decisive battle' to win naval superiority in one fell swoop. The Japanese tried this and ended up at Midway. Nimitz was more interested in incremental naval campaigns with clear objectives and ended up in Tokyo Bay.
Debate fetishists want the same thing. One decisive debate that alters and decides the race. The Kennedy/Nixon thing is and always has been fake news. Lloyd Benson landed the greatest debate zinger ever and went home at the end of the campaign. W slowly ground down Algore just by being competent and letting Gore be himselff; an overbearing, know it all, jerk.
About the only decisive debate in our lifetime that was 1980, Reagan vs Carter. Reagan looked competent, and then just sliced and diced Carter's record. 'Are you better off now, than you were four years ago
If the debate happens, and there's still time for Joe to pull out, we expect Biden to not drool all over himself or crap his Depends, and we expect Trump to be Trump. The real impact will take a few days to make itself felt.
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