First debate was a noisy clash between two determined adversaries that produced electric moments and substantive differenceBy Dan Balz The Washington Post
Published Sept. 27, 2016
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http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0916/balz092716.php3#MA3CsfvHyokEpcTp.99HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - The first presidential debate more than lived up to expectations, a noisy clash between two determined adversaries that produced electric moments and substantive difference. In the early stages, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump seemed evenly matched, but the longer it went on, the more she was able to score against him.
History has shown that presidential debates, for all their hype, ultimately produce few changes in the trajectory of an election. That could be the case again this year, but there's little doubt that what took place at Hofstra University on Monday night will produce more big audiences for the final two encounters. Despite all the ground covered, there is much unfinished business.
On a night of memorable exchanges, the most arresting came when moderator Lester Holt of NBC News asked Trump about his efforts to discredit President Barack Obama as not having been born in the United States.
Trump has falsely accused Clinton's 2008 campaign of starting the issue and has claimed credit for forcing Obama to produce his birth certificate. A steely Clinton didn't bother to answer the charge about her campaign's role. Instead she responded by accusing Trump of building his political rise on the back of a "racist lie."
Trump was also thrown on the defensive over his business record, his failure to release his tax returns and, in the closing minutes, insulting comments he has made about women. The Republican parried as best he could and at other times effectively pressed the case that what the country needs is an outsider who would shake up Washington, rather than a career politician...
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