A lot of folks this morning are talking like they've forgotten there are many more debates ahead. They're also forgetting the many times someone has done well in one debate and poorly in others — or vice-versa. I'm not particularly a fan of Joe Biden but I haven't seen anyone say "he hurt himself last night" who wasn't eager for Biden to hurt himself last night.
Maybe he did. But if we've learned nothing from Donald Trump's success, it's that it's possible for a candidate these days to say something that sounds like it'll cost him a lot of his support…and then not lose any support. Let's wait and see the polls…and let's remember that at various points in the last election, they had Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Jeb Bush in the lead for the Republican nomination.
People today are laughing today about some of Marianne Williamson's more bizarre ideas and I wrote a tweet that lumped her in with Michele Bachmann. But let's take note of this tweet from Robert Maguire…
If you think Marianne Williamson's ideas are kooky, wait til you hear about the guy who says windmills cause cancer, thinks you need to show ID to buy cereal, and doesn't exercise because he thinks the human body is like a battery with a finite amount of energy.
And I don't get all this talk about what someone might do on Day One of their administration. Has anyone from any party in any past presidential election ever done anything important on Day One of any administration? I mean, apart from having the Oval Office fumigated?
I know we're eager for this thing to be over but it'll be a long time before this thing is over. Please remain in your seats for the duration of the flight with your seat belts fastened.