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Don't have such scripted / complicated answers to questions that you'll end up forgetting things
Particular debates
1960 election
1976 election
1992 election
2012 election
Joe Biden is a good debater. A lot of that is probably just because he has been in Congress for so long that he has a really good grasp of the topics.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_debates,_2012#October_11:_Vice_presidential_debate_.28Centre_College.29
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3roG09O6T4
2016 election
- This is the one that was on CNN, with the Reagan Air Force One in the background.
- The format is a bit messy...candidates are rewarded for butting in, so you end up with a rush of people to try to talk all at the same time.
- My favorites: Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, John Kasich
- John Kasich
- Rand Paul
- He comes across as very intelligent.
- Appearance
- His hair doesn't look good, it looks greasy.
- He also has bags under his eyes.
- Jeb Bush
- I had no idea his wife was Mexican. Honestly that makes him a lot more likable to me, it makes him seem a lot more open-minded.
- Marco Rubio
- He gave a informed answer about what to think about the situation in Syria, immediately after Trump gave a bad answer.
- He gave a really good answer about speaking Spanish to potential voters.
- He was good about not getting interrupted, not speaking too long.
- I'm getting the sense that he must have practiced a lot.
- Ted Cruz
- He comes off as really fake.
- He also also keeps talking.
- Carly Fiorina
- She had a brilliant response (probably the perfect response) to the moderator's question about Trump's comment about "look at that face".
- It was short, so she didn't get interrupted, she was able to speak in a clear, calm way.
- I should really get that quote / video.
- She had a brilliant response (probably the perfect response) to the moderator's question about Trump's comment about "look at that face".
- Scott Walker
- "I'm the only one on this stage that ..."
- "I want the people at home to know: if I am Commander in Chief, I will ..."
- "I give you my word, if I'm elected President, ..."
- Mike Huckabee
- "John Kennedy said we'd put a man on the moon within a decade, why can't we ..."
"What would you do right now to deal with the Syria situation?"
- Trump gave a bad answer, empty of any substance. It was clear he didn't have a grasp on the situation.
- Marco Rubio gave a really, really good answer immediately afterwards.
- It made it clear that the way for Trump's challengers to take him down is to get the debate as specific as possible.