Jake Tapper

Well, I had seen, as we all had seen, his decline, the parts that we saw on camera. His reliance on a teleprompter, his unsteady gait, moments where he was not as articulate as I'd seen him in the past. You know, obviously he's aging, so... That's the one thing that we're all experiencing. So I'm 56. I'm not insensitive to what aging is like. But by another token, you'd call people.

Well, I had seen, as we all had seen, his decline, the parts that we saw on camera. His reliance on a teleprompter, his unsteady gait, moments where he was not as articulate as I'd seen him in the past. You know, obviously he's aging, so... That's the one thing that we're all experiencing. So I'm 56. I'm not insensitive to what aging is like. But by another token, you'd call people.

I would call people. What's going on? That looks really bad. And everybody would be assured, no, he's fine. He's fine. He's just old. He's fine. But he's fine. His decision making is great. He's great in meetings. He's sharp. What was shocking is they weren't just telling that to me and reporters.

I would call people. What's going on? That looks really bad. And everybody would be assured, no, he's fine. He's fine. He's just old. He's fine. But he's fine. His decision making is great. He's great in meetings. He's sharp. What was shocking is they weren't just telling that to me and reporters.

I would call people. What's going on? That looks really bad. And everybody would be assured, no, he's fine. He's fine. He's just old. He's fine. But he's fine. His decision making is great. He's great in meetings. He's sharp. What was shocking is they weren't just telling that to me and reporters.

They were telling that to Democratic insiders and people raising millions for the party and Democratic members of Congress, their own cabinet, White House staffers who were being cut off, not given access. Everybody was being told the same thing. So when he came out on that stage that night, June 27th in Atlanta,

They were telling that to Democratic insiders and people raising millions for the party and Democratic members of Congress, their own cabinet, White House staffers who were being cut off, not given access. Everybody was being told the same thing. So when he came out on that stage that night, June 27th in Atlanta,

They were telling that to Democratic insiders and people raising millions for the party and Democratic members of Congress, their own cabinet, White House staffers who were being cut off, not given access. Everybody was being told the same thing. So when he came out on that stage that night, June 27th in Atlanta,

I admit, I was shocked, not by his gait, and then he had a cold, obviously, so his voice sounded even thinner and readier than ever, but his inability to form a coherent thought his inability just to articulate why he should be president of the United States.

I admit, I was shocked, not by his gait, and then he had a cold, obviously, so his voice sounded even thinner and readier than ever, but his inability to form a coherent thought his inability just to articulate why he should be president of the United States.

I admit, I was shocked, not by his gait, and then he had a cold, obviously, so his voice sounded even thinner and readier than ever, but his inability to form a coherent thought his inability just to articulate why he should be president of the United States.

And whether people like it or not, that's part of the job is explaining to people why they should support you and why they should get behind you.

And whether people like it or not, that's part of the job is explaining to people why they should support you and why they should get behind you.

And whether people like it or not, that's part of the job is explaining to people why they should support you and why they should get behind you.

It didn't throw me off. I did wonder if he was going to make it through all 90 minutes. My general philosophy with debates is you work for weeks on the questions with a huge team. You go through practice debates. You go through run-throughs. And then you just basically have to stick to the script. That's how I look at it. So I wasn't going to do anything. And also, it wasn't my job to.

It didn't throw me off. I did wonder if he was going to make it through all 90 minutes. My general philosophy with debates is you work for weeks on the questions with a huge team. You go through practice debates. You go through run-throughs. And then you just basically have to stick to the script. That's how I look at it. So I wasn't going to do anything. And also, it wasn't my job to.

It didn't throw me off. I did wonder if he was going to make it through all 90 minutes. My general philosophy with debates is you work for weeks on the questions with a huge team. You go through practice debates. You go through run-throughs. And then you just basically have to stick to the script. That's how I look at it. So I wasn't going to do anything. And also, it wasn't my job to.

I wasn't about to call the fight. One of the things that I did do, Dan and I had iPads so that we could communicate with the control room during the debate. We could write on it and people would see it in the control room. And during that first really rambling answer, really disturbing, I wrote, holy smokes, on the iPad.

I wasn't about to call the fight. One of the things that I did do, Dan and I had iPads so that we could communicate with the control room during the debate. We could write on it and people would see it in the control room. And during that first really rambling answer, really disturbing, I wrote, holy smokes, on the iPad.

I wasn't about to call the fight. One of the things that I did do, Dan and I had iPads so that we could communicate with the control room during the debate. We could write on it and people would see it in the control room. And during that first really rambling answer, really disturbing, I wrote, holy smokes, on the iPad.