Ed Luce: What Happens in the First Debate ‘Is Hugely Consequential’

BRZEZINSKI Ed Luce your ░░░░░░░░ piece is entitled The ░░░░░░░░ of all U S ░░░░░░░░ debates What are you ░░░░░░░░ Set the scene for ░░░░░░░░ LUCE Well the important ░░░░░░░░ Mika I think is ░░░░░░░░ the terms and the ░░░░░░░░ of next week s ░░░░░░░░ mostly suit Biden are ░░░░░░░░ ones Biden requested no ░░░░░░░░ audience which Trump of ░░░░░░░░ needs and feeds off ░░░░░░░░ that s bad for ░░░░░░░░ Mike of the one ░░░░░░░░ speaking gets turned turned ░░░░░░░░ and muted Ditto And ░░░░░░░░ there s two commercial ░░░░░░░░ I guess you could ░░░░░░░░ them as given both ░░░░░░░░ s ages bathroom breaks ░░░░░░░░ the the interesting thing ░░░░░░░░ is I think this ░░░░░░░░ going to be one ░░░░░░░░ the few presidential debates ░░░░░░░░ and the one scheduled ░░░░░░░░ September that could Sway ░░░░░░░░ election There s only ░░░░░░░░ been three And that ░░░░░░░░ the first between Nixon ░░░░░░░░ Kennedy first punch in ░░░░░░░░ which had a huge ░░░░░░░░ for those who watched ░░░░░░░░ on TV as opposed ░░░░░░░░ listening to it on ░░░░░░░░ radio in a very ░░░░░░░░ election There s then ░░░░░░░░ s two that Carter ░░░░░░░░ the one that he ░░░░░░░░ in 1976 against Ford ░░░░░░░░ he got forward partly ░░░░░░░░ your father s advice ░░░░░░░░ coaching to say there ░░░░░░░░ no Soviet control of ░░░░░░░░ or Hungary or the ░░░░░░░░ Czechoslovakia and alienated tons ░░░░░░░░ voters of Eastern European ░░░░░░░░ in the mid in ░░░░░░░░ Midwest states in again ░░░░░░░░ very close election And ░░░░░░░░ finally Carter losing to ░░░░░░░░ when all Reagan needed ░░░░░░░░ do was basically turn ░░░░░░░░ be genial and show ░░░░░░░░ he wasn t insane ░░░░░░░░ wasn t going to ░░░░░░░░ a nuclear war He ░░░░░░░░ did that And and ░░░░░░░░ defeated Carter I think ░░░░░░░░ debate between Biden and ░░░░░░░░ in what is an ░░░░░░░░ close election to those ░░░░░░░░ two is hugely consequential ░░░░░░░░ is sky high importance ░░░░░░░░ there are really sort ░░░░░░░░ two parameters One is ░░░░░░░░ want not to be ░░░░░░░░ Biden wants people not ░░░░░░░░ be talking about his ░░░░░░░░ and he wants people ░░░░░░░░ be talking about Trump ░░░░░░░░ character That that s ░░░░░░░░ the goal here.”