RedState Reader:
Personally, I'm surprised anyone thought Trump would actually win this debate. About the best anyone can expect from Trump is for him to avoid going into a red-faced, spittle-flecked rage and hurling childish insults. He's immature, thin skinned, and dim-witted.

Spoiler alert: Trump will lose the next two debates, as well (if he shows up for both). [….]

Townhall Reader:
In the first 5 minutes I thought a miracle had happened and Trump had grown up. But no, that'll never happen. He's the most undisciplined person I've ever seen. He did nothing to make people like him and a lot to make people not like him…he couldn't stop interrupting Hillary. But Hillary proved to be the adult. Trump is a real disappointment and he has no business being a candidate. [….]

"Trump is a joke but not a funny one. I can't wait until he loses and we never have to talk about him again."

I couldn't agree with you more BD. He's a joke. A dangerous joke. But a joke nonetheless. And like millions of Americans who truly love this country, I pray there are enough of Us who will vote and ensure that he never gets anywhere near the White House. I truly believe We will defeat him.

However, I also believe people will continue to talk about him..at least in the short term after the election. I know that I will because I think it's vital that we look at just the how such a dangerous moron (and racist and misogynist pig) was able to rise to this threatening level in the first place.

And I definitely want to a white HOT light turned on his supporters, especially Repub leaders. IMO, their support of such an ignorant and vile creature is tantamount to committing an act of Treason.

Dana Bash (CNN): “My question for you is, first of all, it sounds like you admitted that you hadn't paid federal taxes and that that was smart. Is that what you meant to say?

Trump: “No, I didn't say that at all.”

Then due to the vanity and laziness that led him to think he could wing the most important 95 minutes of his life, he lost the thread of his argument, he lost control of his temper and he lost the perspective necessary to correct these mistakes as he went.

Methodically and carefully, Hillary Clinton took over. Her purpose was to show she was rational and policy-driven, the kind of person who could be trusted to handle a careful and delicate job with prudence and sobriety — and that he was none of these things.

And she succeeded. By the end of the 95 minutes, Trump was reduced to a sputtering mess blathering about Rosie O’Donnell and about how he hasn’t yet said the mean things about Hillary that he is thinking.

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By the time the last 15 minutes rolled around, he was reduced to yammering about Rosie O’Donnell being mean to him and Hillary running mean commercials about him and praising himself because there are some really terrible things he could have said about Hillary but hasn’t. By this point, even his smart closing zinger — “she has experience but it’s bad experience” — was buried inside a weird word salad that reduced its effectiveness to almost nil.