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North Carolina is in play.  Trump's law and order stance is going to play really well with I's there.

Ohio may be in play.  Trump's trade stance may help in blue collar communities.  In Pennsylvania it appears (from what I've read) that the emphasis is on the suburban Philly region.  I'm not sure that Trump hurt himself or that Hillary helped herself with swing voters in a swing state.  He looked tough and she looked poised.  He (generally) spoke an outsider's language and she (generally) spoke a policy-wonk language.

I think you will see whatever you were looking for in this debate.  I think that includes those undecideds who might be looking for a reason to vote for Trump or a reason to vote against him.  That is the undecided challenge.  It isn't on whether I should vote for Clinton or not; if you're undecided then you're likely more than a bit uncomfortable with her legal/e-mail/foundation/Blumenthal/etc. morass........I bet you're looking for a reason to vote for or against Trump.  He's the determining factor for most Undecideds, I think.  Just his being on the stage last night gave him a "presidential" gravitas, and he didn't come across as a loony tune who you want nowhere close to the nuclear codes. 

Voters send guys like Trump (or with positions like him) to Congress or state houses all the time.  Most U's have voted for people sort of/kind of/maybe/in the ballpark/close enough like him.......I'm not sure most of us have voted for candidates with the Clinton ethhical concerns overhead.  And those concerns are real.  Perhaps they will amount to nothing, but the concern exists.

So I think Trump played just fine in Poughkeepsie, were you an undecided voter. At worst, he didn't shoot himself in the foot and he hangs around for another month.   And that was the basis of my 10-9 win for Trump.

He didn't win on debating points.  But he didn't have to.  This election is no longer about such things.  If Undecided voters feel a bit more relieved that Trump just might be able to occupy the Oval Office, then he did himself well.

I still think he has a very narrow road to 270, but after last night he's still on the road, anyway.

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