She had to thread the smallest needle tonight, be joyful and tough and gracious and angry and contemptuous and hopeful and incredulous and credible, and she is being all of these things.

I can’t believe “they’re eating the dogs” was a REBUTTAL to “You say weird stuff at your rallies”

He is running on one main thing: demonizing immigrants. That’s the root of his message, the grievance that fuels the heart of MAGA.

Should we demand that Trump take a cognitive test? Dude is stumbling, fumbling and bumbling on the debate stage.

While I was watching the debate over 500 million immigrants came to my house and I'm running out of folding chairs and Triscuits

I feel my IQ slipping. It’s down around my ankles right now.

I doubt that doubling down on the Central Park EXONERATED Five was part of his debate prep.

He is telling you he’s going to take health care away for over 40 million people.

When Trump took out the ad calling for executing the Central Park 5 they were NOT convicted nor plead guilty. To Trump they were guilty because they were Black and Latino and the victim was white. Period.

Evergreen.

His closing statement was an illustration of hers.

She did all the things at once. Fight. Paint the beautiful tomorrow. Bait him. Rebut him. Prebunk his lies and explain his methods. Stare him down. Pity him. Be amused by his absurdity. Spread valid fear. Embody a more joyful future. Refuse to have his conversation.

I went from wanting the moderators to cut him off when he interrupted and ran his crazy mouth to wanting them to just let him fly loose.

My daughter: "I almost want to watch it again."

It needs to be said over and over and over again. The Haitians who have flocked to Springfield, Ohio, are not illegal immigrants! They are here legally and have moved to the city because of all the job openings in recent years. The town itself urged immigrants to move there!

Standard abuser strategy

So when does the media start asking if Trump should drop out of the race

NEW: Trump threatens to pull ABC’s broadcast license because he lost the debate

Watching the debate with the sound off would have told us as much or even more about the contrast between the candidates.

Her debate prep apparently took place in an Aikido training studio.