"... what makes anyone on his team think that in the next debate, he will be able to squelch his impulse to double down? He never has before."

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COMMENTS: 
*  It's not enough to on and on and on about he dangers of Trump. You have to be willing to vote for the one person who will keep him out of the White House…
*  Thank you!! People think Trump is going to come in and do what ever he wants and Congress will let him, really? Now............. some of us think Congress, specifically Republicans did everything in their power to block President Obama because he is black. Republicans will go to their death denying this. Are we to then believe that they are going to just let Trump do whatever he wants?? Why would that be, because he is white and Republican? Clearly Republicans don't care if their antics harm our country so.............. why would they go along with Trump?
*  ... This is the message the DEMs need to broadcast far and wide up to election day:  "If we are to make progress on our problems electing just Hillary is not enough; all of us must vote a straight DEM ticket at all levels of government to kick out the Party of No, the Party of Lies and Spin, the Party of Birtherism, the Party of Obstruction, the Party of Bigotry/Homophobia/Misogyny, the Party with No Morals or Shame. The nation must rid itself of today's entire GOP for trying so hard for 8 years to make 1 black man fail rather than help 320,000,000 of us succeed. If you want your highways and bridges fixed, vote DEM, if you want our infrastructure repaired for the 21st Century vote DEM, if you want to see a doctor when you're sick vote DEM, if you want the government out of your bedroom and doctor's office VOTE DEM. 
*  In the event that Donald Trump is elected President, he will be the first holder of that office who has suffered with early onset Alzheimers from the start of his term of office. How else can one explain his appalling short and long term memory losses. He cannot remember showing support for the invasion of Iraq. When questioned immediately after the debate on Monday night he denied saying that his non payment of taxes was smart. He becomes upset when challenged and maintains that his version is correct whilst all others are concoctions of his enemies. The question US voters must ask themselves is 'Do I want to put a person who is suffering from dementia in charge of the United States?'
   *  You may be right. Alzheimers runs in his family as his father had it for many years and was the cause of his death. After all Trump is 70 and the odds of getting it go up as you age.
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Trump doubles down on defeat
By Jennifer Rubin, September 28, 2016

It is not enough that Donald Trump refuses to release his tax returns and may be using every available loophole to avoid paying taxes. He had to brag at the debate that he was “smart” not to pay taxes.

It is not enough that he cruelly berated former Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado for gaining weight. He had to go into his comfort zone at Fox News to insist: “She was the winner and you know, she gained a massive amount of weight and it was a real problem. We had a real problem.”

It is not enough that Trump uses his foundation’s money to donate to a politician (Florida state attorney general Pam Bondi) with the power to investigate him. His tone-deaf flunky, Russian-born Putin propagandist and hedge fund investor Boris Epshteyn, had to tell The Post’s David A. Fahrenthold that it was acceptable for Trump to use foundation money to buy a giant portrait of himself and hang it in his hotel because he was “storing” it for the foundation. No, really.


That’s what he said:

Epshteyn’s explanation was, in effect, that Trump hadn’t used his foundation to buy his resort some art. Instead, Trump’s resort was helping the foundation — which has no employees or office space of its own — find a place to store its possessions.

Tax experts were not impressed by this reasoning.

“It’s hard to make an IRS auditor laugh,” Brett Kappel, a lawyer who advises nonprofit groups at the Akerman firm, said in an email. “But this would do it.”

It is not enough that Trump tricks the press into attending a no-questions-allowed press conference in order to advertise his hotel. He had to say at the debate: “I’ll give you an example. We’re just opening up on Pennsylvania Avenue right next to the White House, so if I don’t get there one way, I’m going to get to Pennsylvania Avenue another.”

It is not enough that in the primary Trump says another housing crisis would be good for him because he could buy low. He has to lash out when Hillary Clinton brings it up in the debate: “That’s called business, by the way.”

It is not enough that Trump has a history of business bankruptcies and allegedly stiffing small-business people. He had to respond to Clinton’s example of one architect who wasn’t paid: “Maybe he didn’t do a good job and I was unsatisfied with his work.”

It is not enough that Trump lashes out at foes, insults opponents, encourages violence and spouts bigotry. He had to say in the debate that his “temperament” was his best quality. That drew guffaws from the audience.

In each instance (and there are likely more that have slipped my mind), Trump is incapable of backing down or even being silent. His raging narcissism compels him to double down, thereby confirming the original charge and demonstrating his unfitness. As Kevin Madden, a former Mitt Romney adviser, and other Republican strategists have explained, Trump thereby extends coverage of a losing debate and provides more and more fodder for Clinton ads (e.g., on his selfishness, Miss Universe).

Trump insists he won — of course. But in complaining and dwelling on the debate, the moderator, the microphone and more, he reinforces the image of a petulant child. His team says he is going to study harder — so he did lose. But it is far from clear that Trump himself believes things went poorly. Moreover, Trump’s famously short attention span and aversion to reading makes it hard to imagine he’ll actually hit the books and absorb significant amounts of material. In any event, what makes anyone on his team think that in the next debate, he will be able to squelch his impulse to double down? He never has before.
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