That's the end of it.

He'll defend it with, "i have black friends and I was just being hip."

And Mike "Who's this Trump fellow?" Pence will leave and come back again...

They don't. Clearly they think his deplorable words are excusable because they can just consider it "locker room talk" when maybe they're just too stupid to accept that maybe, JUST MAYBE, even if it's locker room talk, it's STILL UNACCEPTABLE.

Republicans would just sneak someone else in who has less negatives than Trump.

But I don't want her to be TOO careful.

Stuff that The Donald will not enjoy having out in public. I hope those rumors are true!

She tried to engage with the person asking the question...Trashpot barely looked at the people.

or him to have done so badly that the repubs will force replacement.

Let him get his 40% base vote. It would be risky with another candidate brought in.

The timing of the tape released last week is what convinced me. If that was the most game changing October Surprise, they would have held on to it for a few more weeks.

They might already have those other tapes.

She's leading late in the fourth quarter and doesn't need to be aggressive to win this thing. She just needs to show up, not make any mistakes, and run out the clock. She knew the best way for Donald to score a decisive victory was by getting into a defensive back and forth with him and didn't want to risk it.

I'm guessing she has no idea whether any tape will drop and when.

This debate helps her favorables and only helps Trump with his base.

Trump didn't collapse or blow up or melt down, but he didn't offer any substance.

Trump's amateur campaign is still on life support.

I get the feeling that that may have been a huge mistake.

I liked how she was not upset or nervous but seemed calmly resigned to just listening to his disjointed over the top accusations and basically dismissed him as telling whopping falsehoods. He was not successful in exacting revenge or any kind of knockout blow which is what he and his handlers were hoping. He seemed resigned at the end when he praised her for being a fighter as he certainly had to recognize her steadfastness under adversity as he had hit her with his strongest lines of attack.