I’ll give Trump credit for something: he knows how to command a debate stage. He wiped the floor with the republicans during the nomination. Also, Admittedly, he didn’t do as terrible as I was expecting when he went up against Hillary even though she clearly won the debates based on facts and sanity. What is Trump’s one and only strength? He doesn’t give two fucks when it comes to constantly interrupting his opponent and is good at throwing in some solid zingers that make an impression. He is a sociopath after all. Of course he is also a moron so when he does take control, he’s incoherent and embarrassing. How this didn’t translate at home to republicans is beyond my understanding. I guess America just loves a bully that doesn’t play by the rules.
Now as far a Biden is concerned, he made an ass out of Paul Ryan in the VP debate. I honestly haven’t seen him in other debates. More than likely, the Dems could have nominated a better debater, but up against Trump? He’s going to have to play by Trump’s rules unfortunately. Facts don’t matter to Trump. It’s all about zingers and taking control. Luckily, Biden has a better idea how Trump debates one on one than Hillary did so he will come more prepared.
I expect Biden will continue doing what he has been doing lately, giving Trump all the rope he needs to hang himself. As long as Biden doesn't lose his cool an engage Trump on his level, he will survive the debates. He can't beat Trump by talking over him, shouting, or launching personal attacks because Trump does not defend himself, he just attacks, attacks, and attacks, paying not attention to his opposition and little attention to moderators. Biden's response should be to act like a president and ignore most of what Trump says. He doesn't need to win the debates, he just needs come across as an intelligent, calm, senior statesman markedly contrasting himself from Trump's stream of conscious tirades praising himself and wild statements that have no basis in fact.