He completely destroyed the Clintons. He talked straight to the American people, had Bubba's abused women at the debate. He exposed the Clintons as the scumbags that they are. Then he crushed her on the issues. He turned the table on the MSM and the political establishment. From both sides.
Originally Posted by bambino
And it was a horrible idea. He will sink even further in the polls.
The point in an election isn't to see who can fire up the 25-30% of fanatics. It's to attract the 25-30% that "doesn't like politics." He just ran about 1/3 of those folks off. If course, maybe he figured that they were gone anyway after his persistent racism, misogyny, religious bigotry, grab 'em by the pussy stunts over the last year, so what the hell! Why not? But he just drove an extra nail in his already firmly nailed shut coffin.
Did it ever occur to you that there's a reason that elected Republicans -- men and women who have actually won in a general election multiple times -- haven't done this? Because it is suicidal. Duh!!