Mark Small

Members of a focus group of “undecided voters” organized by Frank Luntz, described by Politico as a “veteran Republican pollster,” were asked to describe, in one word, last evening’s Presidential “debate.” 1/11

Their descriptives of Democratic Party nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden were damning: “compassion” and “coherent.” A few people bent the rules and went beyond one word: “better than expected” and “nice guy lacking vision.” 2/11

As for the Oval Office’s current occupant, a/k/a trump, the group’s vocabulary took a different tack: “unhinged,” “arrogant,” bully,” and “chaotic.” My favorite was “crackhead.” The most disturbing was “un-American.” 3/11

If the rancid nature of trump’s financial and tax records have not emanated to people’s brains, then those people are beyond hope. As much as the format used in Prez “debates” hardly leads to debate, last night any semblance of format was disregarded. 4/11