In the days leading up to the presidential debate, I had hope. I laid it out there on SUN TV.
Given that the debate was occurring before the party conventions and these gentlemen were not even the official nominees, there was a dream scenario. They would do so badly in the debate, and each would be so embarrassed, they would withdraw from the race.
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