 As much as I cannot wait for this election to be over, I will admit that I am kind of looking forward to the upcoming debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. And the first one is approaching very, very soon. It will take place on Tuesday, September 29th, tomorrow by the time most of you see this video. And I have a lot of expectations. I think this is probably going to be the most explosive event. And I think that both of the candidates know that most people will be tuning in to this debate. And so, yeah, I kind of want to share what we can expect based on the discussions or the topics that will come up for discussion. And I also want to give you my thoughts about what to expect. So first, Bloomberg reporter Emma Kinnery explains topics for the first presidential debate next Tuesday have been released. The debate will be moderated by Fox News' Chris Wallace, and this is what will be discussed. The records of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the Supreme Court, highly contentious issue currently, COVID-19, probably the most important issue to voters, the economy, race and violence in our cities, and the integrity of the election. Now conspicuously absent from this debate, climate change. Really important. Health care. If Trump actually gets his way and gets a third Supreme Court nominee approved, that means that the conservatives on the court will have a 6-3 majority and ACAs on the table. Right now it doesn't seem like they would strike it down with Roberts. If we can assume he will side with the liberals again, it'd just be deadlocked. If he gets this nominee through, the ACA is on the table, so we need to talk about health care. Not only because people around the country could lose protections for pre-existing conditions, but during a pandemic where people are losing their jobs and as a result losing their employer-based health insurance, I think this is something that needs to be discussed, but I hope these topics come up at a future debate. The way that this is supposed to be structured is each of these topics will be discussed at length for about 15 minutes each. So I think that this format is a little bit more conducive to a substantive discussion, although when we're talking about Joe Biden and Donald Trump, we're going to basically see talking points compete against one another, and it might be a little bit insufferable, but I do think it will be entertaining at a minimum. Now, before we get to my expectations, we do have three debates taking place in October. So after this debate, the next debate will take place on Wednesday, October 7th. And this is actually the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, moderated by Susan Page of USA Today. And after that, Steve Scully of C-SPAN moderates the second presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which will be a town hall style debate on Sunday, October 15th. And finally, the third and last debate will occur on Sunday, October 22nd, and will be moderated by Kristen Welker of NBC News. Now, overall, broadly speaking, going into these debates, Joe Biden still has a solid lead over Donald Trump, both nationally and in battleground states. So what we have to see happen in order to see the trajectory of this race change is Donald Trump doesn't just have to have a good performance. Joe Biden also has to have a bad performance because if both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are competent, cognitively speaking, then I think that it's not really going to change the direction of this race. But if it's a disaster and Joe Biden face plans, I can see that tipping the scales back in Trump's favor. Now, I kind of want to go through each of these subjects because I think that there's some areas where Joe Biden will have an advantage. And there's other areas where Donald Trump could be seen as the winner. So when it comes to their records, they both have absolutely abysmal records. I think that, you know, Joe Biden can win if he hits Donald Trump on COVID-19 and how he bungled that response. Now, Joe Biden is a little bit more savvy than Hillary Clinton, and he is using some populist rhetoric on the campaign trail to appeal to the voters that Democrats lost in 2016. So this one, I kind of see it as it could go either way. But when it comes to the Supreme Court, I do think that this is an area of opportunity for Joe Biden. He can really win and dominate here by showing how hypocritical Donald Trump and the Republicans are. Because even if you and I who are in the trenches already know that Mitch McConnell and Republicans are hypocrites, I mean, does the average voter know that? I don't know. Now, COVID-19, if Joe Biden places cards right, this should be a bloodbath for Donald Trump. Do not let him get away. We already know what Donald Trump is going to say. I acted fast. You know, I did the travel ban to China when you said no. Joe Biden has to move on from that. Explain why we all thought that it's because Donald Trump is the one who downplayed the severity of COVID-19 after he knew how serious it was. I mean, if Joe Biden messes this up, I will be outraged because this is like, this is a softball, right? They're throwing that right down the middle for you. So Joe Biden better dominate this. When it comes to the economy, I think that Donald Trump, because he's so braggadocious, will have the edge here. Although if Joe Biden is able to capably respond to Donald Trump talking about how, you know, the stock market is doing well and actually explain to people that the stock market isn't an indicator of how average Americans are doing, Joe Biden can actually do well here. Now, when it comes to race and violence in our cities, I think that Trump has the potential to appeal to these white suburban voters that the Democratic Party has been trying to win over by saying, look, you see all this chaos in the streets, you know, this is something that, you know, the Democrats support. I don't support this. This is law and order. But at the same time, you know, Joe Biden can say, look, this is all happening on your watch. You're declaring certain cities like Seattle and Portland anarchist jurisdiction. So are you saying that you're not a competent leader? If the country is devolving into anarchy, like he can really play around and clown on Donald Trump here. I don't know if he's going to be effective at doing that. But if Joe Biden can at least show a little bit of sensitivity to the issue of race and criminal justice, then he can he can do a really good job here and at least show voters that he's more in tune to the protests and what people want and the need for criminal justice reform than Donald Trump is and police reform more specifically. Now, when it comes to the integrity of the election, I think that Joe Biden can really show that Donald Trump is full of shit here. He just has to prove not just that mail-in voting is safe, but that Republicans are actively engaging in voter suppression. They're actively engaging in voter suppression. And this is happening all across the country and it's making it more difficult for people to make their voices heard, which is why a minority party is, you know, in power, controls all of government. So, you know, for each of these topics, I kind of I kind of feel like overall Joe Biden has the advantage based on what they're going to be discussing. But at the same time, Biden's got to be on point. He can't be making too many gaffes, whatever his aides gave him at that debate between Bernie Sanders and him. I don't know if, you know, they got him hyped up on sugar, you know, gave him a little bit of Coke. I'm of course talking about Coca-Cola. Whatever it is, he's got to bring that bring that same energy to this debate because you can't afford to fuck up the first debate. If you fuck up this debate and out of the gate look like you're in, you know, really severe cognitive decline. If you're having one of your bad days, I mean, that could change the direction of this race. Trump could get momentum and sometimes when you get momentum, it's sort of like a snowball effect. It just keeps growing. So this debate, especially Biden has to come prepared. I think that the second VP debate, if we have, you know, Joe Biden performed competently at this first debate, I think Kamala Harris will do a pretty good job against Mike Pence. You know, when she actually tries, she does a great job debating. I've seen some pretty horrible debate performances, you know, particularly towards the end of her campaign in 2019. But if she actually brings the energy that she brought to that first debate that she did in the Democratic Party primary, she can obliterate Mike Pence. Like she is a good debater. She just has to come prepared and I think that she will. But so long as Biden has a good first performance and Kamala Harris is able to back him up with a solid second performance by debates two and three where you have a more town hall style. Well, that one isn't going to be as intense. And by the time, you know, it's the third debate. I think that there's going to be some people who are just already tuning out the election. They've made their decision. But then, you know, the last minute voters are going to see, you know, both of the candidates make their last pitch. And this will be the last impression that they get. But I think as long as Joe Biden has a good starts, then that's not going to be enough to change the momentum, right? In Trump's direction that is. So, you know, we'll see what happens. Either way, I expect to be entertained. But Joe Biden's aides better get him prepared. He should be practicing day and night. Have everything he says be rehearsed. Like he can't afford to fuck this up. Like I've said this, I sound like a broken record, but if you face plant out of the gate, it's going to be bad. So just maintain that lead. You know, Donald Trump is going to be trying hard because he knows he's losing currently. So make sure you come prepared. And I think you'll be okay so long as you don't absolutely make a fool of yourself. Joe Biden. Not that he's watching, but he better bring it.