Sorry for the late blog - we watched the debate, and then the MSNBC analysis, and then Colbert (because he was live), and... well... it was a late night.

But wow - what a debate! Kamala Harris was outstanding, clearly laying out her plans and details. She gave tRumpy looks that would whither a flower. He kept trying to bait her, and she never bit. On the other hand, he was all over the place. He never provided any details to any of his "plans". He looked angry and like the dog that got caught getting into the trash, but trying to pretend he didn't. She baited him constantly, and he couldn't help himself - he jumped on it again and again and again.

There are plenty of post-debate analyses, and most of them come to the same conclusion as me...

The moderators did okay. They did fact-check him a couple times, with one moderator saying "It is against the law in all 50 states to kill a child after it's born" (in response to tRumpy's claim that abortion doctors were "aborting" babies after they were born). The other moderator also shot down his claim that immigrants were eating pets. Yes, he actually made that claim on live TV during a nationally-televised debate.

On the other hand, they let tRumpy interrupt them, and gave him too many opportunities to respond, while not offering the same to Vice-President Harris (maybe they were playing rope-a-dope with him?)

The pièce de résistance came after the debate, when Taylor Swift posted a ringing endorsement of Kamala Harris. Whether or not you like her music, she has 200M followers on Instagram (mostly women of all ages) who are going to see that endorsement. Yes, that is big.

I assumed coming into this last night that she would be okay. She was far better than "okay", and he was much worse. I am looking forward to seeing how the polls react to the debate. It would be sadly telling if the needle hasn't moved because of it.