And the winner was.......

Thank God for the DVR.....

Being able to pause the debate after 45 minutes and catch up some other recorded program....of equal importance....like Ballers on HBO.....allowed me to resume watching the rest of the "experience" later in the evening.

Was there an actual winner?

I'm fairly certain that neither candidate received any type of "crossover" to the other side support.

People who think Trump should be President still think he should be President and most likely anything said in a debate isn't going to change their minds.

The people that I'm curious about are the people that wonder IF he should be President.  Those people probably will decide this election.

A very large percentage of the American public believe America will continue to be America no matter who sits in the Oval Office....and if it's a total disaster then it's one term or maybe even shorter.  In other words those people are not really in fear of someone in the White House causing the United States of America to self destruct........BUT in this election Donald Trump has caught their attention.

HE MIGHT BE THE EGO-MANIAC THAT WOULD LEAD TO A VERY BAD OUTCOME AND THEY ARE WATCHING HIM VERY CLOSELY TO SEE IF ALL THE RUMORS ARE TRUE.

REMEMBER, ONLY 18 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED HIS TV SHOW.......AND LAST NIGHT WAS THE LARGEST VIEWING NUMBERS EVER FOR A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE....OVER 100 MILLION...SO I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY WATCHED HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THE REPUBLICAN DEBATES GOT 25 MILLION

AND MRS. BILL CLINTON, EVEN WITH ALL THE E-MAIL CHAOS, IS A KNOWN ENTITY AND PEOPLE TUNING IN, PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET WITH HER.

SO.....THE QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF.....DID DONALD TRUMP LOOK AND ACT LIKE A PERSON THAT WILL STAND ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING ON JANUARY 20, 2017 AND GIVE AN INAUGURAL ADDRESS?

I PERSONALLY FIND THAT HARD TO IMAGINE.....

HOW ABOUT YOU?

Therefore I give the first round to HRC.

Michael Timothy McAlevey