The problem is, these are not real debates at all that can be “won” or “lost” by any coherent criteria. They are a media circus-a clown show. And if there’s anything at which Trump excels, it is clowning! Biden can’t touch him on that score, even if he wipes the floor with him by any policy-related criterion. Clowns always win, especially when they are sadistic and mean-spirited like Trump. Biden should never have agreed to a debate, for by the standards of clown shows, he’s bound to “lose” by simply demeaning himself enough to appear onstage with the demonic Clown King!