what he said about her. i thought that was a character salute. when you say someone s a fighter, and you re donald trump, that means good person. strong person. winner. i think that meant something. it s too bad the handshake came at the end, not the beginning tonight. i don t think it was a great night for american politics at all. chuck todd? i want to echo that. this was not a good night for american politics. that we know. it was interesting if you want to i think brian, you laid this out well. if you want to talk about the debate in isolation, donald trump was a lot better than he was the first night. he looked like he did actually prepare. i think you don t want to he still didn t watch himself on mute. that is clear. i think some of that, i think his physical lurking is something that is something that is going to not wear. standing right behind her
i think in terms of the division of spoils here it, wasn t like the first two debates. the first presidential and the vice presidential debate. there s not the clear shutout victory like we saw in those debates with hillary clinton winning the first and mike pence for the second. this was much more closely contested. i do think it was kind of depressing. i think we ve reached the point in this campaign where all the candidates can do is repeat what they ve said before. i ve seen theses in congressional races. it s all old stuff. it s basically a lot of sniping back and forth. cheap shots from both sides i must say, both sides. kind of a bicker sons, almost a domestic dispute. it didn t seem to have anything revel laer to or illuminating or inspiring. it had no inspiration. nothing until the very end when hillary clinton said something i thought very appropriate about donald trump s children. because they do impress you when you meet them. but i thought it was even better what he said