EXPECTATIONS FOR TRUMP LOWER THAN HIS APPROVAL RATING - Shorter message from the Trump campaign: Hillary has been practicing debates since she was murdering Vince Foster. That strategy has resulted in Monday night’s first debate looming as the first real trial by fire.” [ HuffPost ]Donald Trump is going to debate Hillary Clinton in the first presidential debate tonight ― Jesus, we can’t get over how strange that sounds. Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! ACTUALLY, EXPECTATIONS NOT THAT LOW - Ariel Edwards-Levy: “Yet the American public’s expectations for Trump’s performance don’t seem to be historically, or even unusually, low. According to CNN’s most recent poll, 88 percent of Democratic likely voters and 75 percent of Republican likely voters expect their party’s nominee to be the better debater.

Source: Huffington Post September 26, 2016 22:05 UTC