Rachel Bitecofer
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583 appearances
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1 series
first heard May 2024
last heard 17 Feb
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Yeah, and as a political scientist that studies these things, I've watched a lot of debate footage, especially historical debate footage.
So I agree with Stuart Stevens of the Lincoln Project.
He says this probably is going to come down as one of the strongest debate performances we've seen for a very, very long time.
And then strategically, it was everything I ever wanted.
I wanted her to come out and, you know, you can't debate Donald Trump.
You can't have substantive conversation about policy.
You know that.
And so the mission for me strategically was to put him on defense and bring out all of his warts to refresh the American population as to what they'd be buying with that purchase.
And she just could not have done any better.
So I'm feeling very good about that performance tonight.
I mean, yeah, here's the thing.
Yes, there is that asymmetry.
But what I know, I can always tell a political scientist, not my party hat, my analytic hat, if a debate was decently moderated.
And how you can tell is that both sides find things to gripe about, right?
So Democrats were definitely tuned in to exactly what you're pointing out.
Yes, yes, yes.
But on the other side, the scandal is that the fact checkers fact checked him over and over and over and did not fact check her.
Right.
So, you know, at the end of the day, I thought the moderators did good.
There's no I don't know that I could moderate a debate with Donald Trump and not have him get away with his steamroll effects.
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