1/ Why the Dem freakout after the debate? We are all traumatized by 2016, and the debate triggered our collective trauma. "No! Not again!" Hence the panic.
CNN cynically agreed to allow Trump to use a "debate" to just do what he does at one of his rallies. Then, whoever advised Biden to try and spew factoids didn't understand what was going on and didn't get that voters would rather have Uncle Joe than someone's thesis paper.
