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“#Who won the final presidential debate? Experts grade Trump-Biden<\/strong>”
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\n President Trump posted a sharper and calmer performance during his final debate against former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday night, but it was unclear if his better showing was enough to alter the shape of the race in its closing days, a Post panel of debate experts said.<\/p>\n

Four experts examined the 90-minute forum in Nashville, Tenn., which featured sharp exchanges over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic that\u2019s left more than 220,000 Americans dead, the environment, immigration and foreign policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Trump was more methodical, but it wasn\u2019t enough: he needed a game<\/a>-changer but didn\u2019t get one. Biden had no significant gaffes that will hurt him over the remaining 12 days,\u201d said David Birdsell, the dean of the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at CUNY\u2019s Baruch College.<\/p>\n

Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak offered a similar take that highlighted Trump\u2019s dramatic change in tone from his much-criticized first debate, during which the president frequently interrupted both the moderator and Biden. But he thought Trump\u2019s change in style may still have had a benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump was sharper and far more disciplined tonight,\u201d said Mackowiak, who believes the performance could provide some late momentum that could help the Republican Party hang onto its slender majority in the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive or six states will decide this thing and they are all within the margin of error,\u201d Mackowiak added. \u201cBiden is ahead but Trump can still win.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump won the White House in 2016 thanks to slender victories in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.<\/p>\n

Fox News<\/a>\u2019 latest polls from those states, released Wednesday<\/a>, showed that Biden had opened leads of at least five percentage points among likely voters in all three before the debate.<\/p>\n

And, so, staunching the bleeding and winning over independents is critical to reversing those trends \u2014 and a third panelist, former Staten Island GOP chairwoman Leticia Remauro, thought Trump got the job done.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was Trump\u2019s best debate ever,\u201d the 2021 Staten Island borough president hopeful wrote. \u201cHe was thoughtful and kept to his theme<\/a> that Biden couldn\u2019t get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n

But longtime Democratic strategist Eric Soufer argued that Trump\u2019s improved performance from his damaging first showing wouldn\u2019t be enough to shift the race \u2014 and that Trump\u2019s answers on health care and coronavirus would come back to haunt in the closing days.<\/p>\n

\u201cBiden came better prepared and demonstrated a refreshing contrast of empathy, compassion, and decency that will keep the race hurtling toward an overwhelming Biden victory,\u201d\u00a0 wrote the veteran of the Obama and Edwards campaigns, who is now a top advisor at Tusk Strategies.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how our panelists graded each round of the debate:<\/p>\n

Fighting COVID-19:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell: The President repeated clearly false assertions about the end of the virus during a third-wave peak, which is still building. Biden talked about practical solutions to balance economic needs and public safety. \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak: More of the same from Trump on COVID. I think voters wanted to hear him take some responsibility, which he eventually did. He was strong on the creation of the vaccine. Biden was very negative not just on Trump\u2019s record, but on the pathway forward \u2014 Biden: B \/ Trump: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer: Trump kept his cool this time, but Biden clearly and effectively walked every voter through the president\u2019s catastrophic record of failure in protecting Americans. \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro: Trump excelled in this round clearly laying out his successes and reminding voters that he wants to get the economy back on track \u2014 an area where voters feel he is strong. Biden saying he didn\u2019t consider red or blue states then stating that the red states were spiking was one of many inconsistent answers \u2014 Biden: C \/ Trump: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Families:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell: The President pushed the social<\/a>ized medicine argument, giving the former VP his best line of the night: he\u2019s running \u201cagainst Joe Biden, Joe Biden.\u201d This is also the point in the debate that the president began to abandon his unaccustomed calm. \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak: Trump was very effective messaging against Medicare for All and the threat it poses to 180 million private health plans. Trump also was very effective reminding the audience that Biden is making promises on health care now that he did not deliver on while in office. \u2014 Biden: B \/ Trump: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer: You can\u2019t beat Biden\u2019s direct to camera, empathetic appeal to American families \u2014 and Trump only helped him by clumsily mocking Biden for demonstrating that empathy. \u2014 Biden: A+ \/ Trump: D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro: This was a tie. Both men played to their base though Trump got Biden to admit that the Biden healthcare plan would be costly \u2014 Biden: B \/ Trump: B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Race in America:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell: The President pushed his \u201cbest since Lincoln\u201d line; Mr. Biden acknowledged pain.\u00a0 \u2014 Biden: B\/ Trump: C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak: Excellent answer from Biden. Empathetic, substantive. Trump was effective reminding of Biden\u2019s crime bill. Trump also smartly pointed to his record on criminal justice reform, opportunity zones and HBCUs. \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer: Trump almost comically still thinks calling himself the \u201cleast racist\u201d resonates with voters who care about racial equality. Meanwhile, Biden connected by acknowledging the advantages his white family enjoys but that communities of color are denied everyday in America. \u2014 Biden: B+ \/ Trump: C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro: Trump deftly ticked off his successes with the black community from permanently funding black colleges to fixing the crime bill which Biden admitted was a mistake. Biden wasn\u2019t able to get out from under the hammering that he had decades as Senator and then as VP to Obama to correct but couldn\u2019t get it done \u2014 Biden: C \/ Trump: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Climate Change:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell: The president\u2019s claims of wanting the cleanest air and water while systematically eviscerating the nation\u2019s most successful environmental policy was an affront to anyone who reads. Mr. Biden was factual but disjointed; he didn\u2019t have time to adequately frame a post-fossil fuel energy economy. \u2014 Biden: B- \/ Trump: F<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak: Trump stood up to the left-wing environmental agenda, which will be popular in the midwest. His recitation of record-low carbon emissions and attack on the Green New Deal was effective. Surprised he didn\u2019t bring up fracking earlier in his answer. Biden\u2019s environmental message was consistent and will play well with young voters and progressives. \u2014 Biden: B \/ Trump: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer: Biden stuck to his plan that would transform the energy economy through job creation, while Trump did nothing but try to dismiss the realities of renewable energy and try to force Biden into a misstep about oil\u2013 something Biden was prepared for and deflected effectively \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro: Biden still weak on this issue because he can\u2019t find a strong enough position for his base ie fracking \u2013 whereas Trump has shown that he can marry climate with the economy \u2014 Biden: C \/ Trump: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Immigration:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell: The president misrepresented his administration\u2019s record on a host of immigration issues; Mr. Biden went to the most appealing immigration issue \u2014 Dreamers \u2014 and walked away with that segment. \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak: This section was forgettable. President Trump made his points on the border wall and ending catch and release. Biden was effective on the 500+ children who have not been reunited with their parents. \u2014 Biden: B \/ Trump: B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer: Trump inexplicably defended the most despicable exercise of executive power in a half-century by callously dismissing the suffering of over 500 children who can\u2019t see their parents because of his immoral and incompetent child separation policy. \u2014 Biden: A- \/ Trump: F<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro: Trump continued the theme of \u201cyou couldn\u2019t get it done Joe,\u201d causing an uncomfortable moment for Biden when he used the \u201cI wasn\u2019t the President\u201d defense in response to Obama\u2019s immigration failures \u2014 Biden: C- \/ Trump: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Security:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell: The president wanted to turn this segment into the Biden Family Chronicles; he didn\u2019t directly address actual security questions. Biden was more successful talking about actual security issues. \u2014 Biden: B+ \/ Trump: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak: I don\u2019t even recall any discussion about national security, which is a disgrace. Amazingly, Biden brought up the Hunter Biden accusations first. Trump pushed the issue and Biden said he\u2019s never taken overseas money, which now has to be true. \u2014 Biden: B- \/ Trump: B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer: Biden delivered stinging takedowns on China, North Korea and Russia, while Trump retreated to his usual unsubstantiated and rhetorical claims of toughness \u2014 Biden: A \/ Trump: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro: Trump put Biden off his game as he pressed the former vice president about his son\u2019s business deal at a Ukrainian natural gas company and possible ties to a Russian politician \u2014 and contrasted that nicely with the aid he\u2019s provided farmers funded by tariffs on imported Chinese goods \u2014 Biden: C \/ Trump: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birdsell \u2014 Biden: B+ \/ Trump: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mackowiak \u2014 Biden: B- \/ Trump: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soufer \u2014 Biden: A \/ Trump: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remauro \u2014 Biden: C \/ Trump: A+<\/strong>\n <\/div>\n