Back on August 9, I made four election-season predictions for the fall campaign. At the time that I made them, I put all four in the “bold but plausible” bucket. Just a week out from the polls’ closing on November 5, let’s see how I’m doing.
Assessment: I’ll mark myself as “correct” on this one. After the Trump–Harris debate on September 10, the campaigns canceled any plans for further debates. I happen to think that this was a mistake, especially for Harris, who benefited from the first debate and has still, amazingly, failed to fully articulate a rationale for her presidency. What’s clear is that both camps have come to believe that the massive audiences and high-stakes exposure of a presidential debate could only redound to the detriment of their undisciplined and vapid candidates.
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