I Learned Nearly Nothing; You Are Learning Nearly Nothing

 I can't say I learned a great deal at my workshop. One concept we returned to was "settled issues" and the idea that all statements must be supported by facts.

Anyway, that seems to be non-operative for tonight's debate.

Now, I don't care for debates anyway. They have pretty much zero to do with how you go about the job of being president. Still, Biden had a job to do. As I'm writing, the overall first impression was that he came out with a hoarse voice and tried to land his prepared talking points. He is - according to my preferred sources - growing into the debate.

What's amazing - and why I don't like these bullshit debates - is that Trump is lying with a remarkable frequency, but Biden got crushed on the optics early. Even if he grows into the world's greatest debater, the first impression will haunt him.

That's simply a terrible way to decide who a president will be.

Nevertheless, expect there to be a lot of calls from the fainting couch for Biden to step aside. That ship, for better or worse, has passed.