There were two winners and a whole shit ton of losers in that debate last night based on what reaction I’ve seen.

Winners:
Trump, by not showing up to the clown car act, mostly because he’s 40 points ahead and there’s no one who appears willing or capable of closing that gap. Everyone is playing for second place, and failing miserably.

Biden, by not being a GOPer. He’s the president, and Dark Brandon is the best Brandon to be. Everything the GOP says can and will be used against them to great effect. Attack Trump for running up the debt? Joe cuts an ad for that. Trump wrecking the economy? Joe cuts an ad for that? Saying that you’ll wreck reproductive health care options? Yeah, Joe’s going to cut an ad for that too. There’s a gold mine of ads that can be run about the extremists in the GOP and that Trump isn’t just the figurehead, but example of everything that is wrong with the corrupt and criminal GOP.

Losers:
Everyone on that debate stage. Not ready for prime time doesn’t begin to cut it. Debate prep for someone like DeSantis is - appear human. Ramaswamy? Be less of a know it all douchebro.

Did any of them succeed? Nope. Not a chance. They all reverted to type, and it was all bad.