She set a tone at the very start when she walked right into his space to shake his hand and made him almost pull back into himself in response. She was in charge and never stopped being in charge.

Harris also managed what neither Joe Biden nor Hillary Clinton nor any of the 2016 Republicans managed to do which is successfully bait Donald Trump and get under his skin. Within a few minutes Trump was visibly angry and not in a way that empowered him but in a way that made him lose focus, go down rabbit holes and generally go off onto damaging tangents. Spittle anger, not righteous anger, shall we say.

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    National Review is about the only place I bother to go for an R take on news, and their front page is not very positive about him this morning.

    List of Headlines:

    Republicans Blame Debate Moderators as Democrats Take a Victory Lap

    Debate 2024: Trump Takes the Bait, but Does It Matter?

    Trump’s Trainwreck

    Harris Was Completely Wrong to Say That There Are No Americans in Combat Zones Today

    An Anticlimactic Debate, an Incomplete Grade

    ‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift Endorses Harris Moments after Debate Wraps

    Harris Emerges Largely Unscathed from First-Ever Meeting with an Unfocused Trump

    Tim Burton’s Stale Hollywood Gothic: Bobbert says new Beetlejuice not nearly as erotic as the musical