Virginia political analysts say President Joe Biden's raspy and halting performance in his debate Thursday with former President Donald Trump was "awful" and "catastrophic" in that it failed to allay voters' concerns about his age. "His performance was awful. I don't even know what adjectives to apply," said Larry Sabato, head of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
"Let me quickly add that Donald Trump lied and lied and lied," Sabato said of the Atlanta debate on CNN . But with Trump able to articulate his stances, "versus the other guy, who can't put a sentence together often, it isn't even close," Sabato said. People are also reading.
.. Sabato "I don't think Trump won the debate," Sabato said.
"Biden lost the debate." Biden, 81, is the oldest president in U.S.
history. Trump is 78. Bob Holsworth, a veteran Virginia political analyst and a former deal at Virginia Commonwealth University, said Biden produced "perhaps the most catastrophic debate performance in presidential history.
" "It was an embarrassment for the Democrats in every way," Holsworth said. "He had one job - to show that his age didn't prevent him from being up to the job - and he failed," Holsworth said. Analysts say Biden's struggles were particularly noticeable early in the debate, as when he meandered through a response about about tax and health policy and concluded his answer with: “Look, we finally beat Medicare.
" The pundits said Biden was unable to capitalize on Trump statements th.
