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An interesting debate

 I wasn't sure what to expect from the "presidential" debate. Gotta put "presidential" in quotes because Trump definitely didn't act that way. It was definitely entertaining though, and informative. Kamala got about 20% more specific on some of her policy proposals, which is needed. I think some of her critics are holding out for more details, but at the same time Trump is miles behind her in terms of offering specifics. When asked about his plan to replace Obamacare, he freely admitted that he has none, just "concepts of a plan." For a guy who ran on replacing it in 2016, that's "sad!"  Trump took a curious line of attack several times in the debate: "you've had three years, why haven't you accomplished [thing] in that time?!" There's all kinds of flawed logic and hypocrisy in that: Harris has been VP for 3 years, one of the weakest positions in any democracy. It's not the VP's responsibility to deliver