Here is your Open Post for the second presidential candidate debate, airing tonight at 9 pm on every single channel on your television. Hillary Clinton has not been in front of any cameras since the Trump Tape dropped on Friday afternoon/evening. She has not made any public appearances, and by all accounts, she has been diligently prepping for the debate with mock town-halls. Trump, on the other hand, couldn’t even pay attention for 30 full minutes when he tried to do a mock town-hall last week, and that was before the Access Hollywood tape came out. Now there are reports that Trump basically spent the weekend holed up in Trump Tower, stewing in his own orange pervert juices and growing madder and more unhinged as big-name Republicans began fleeing the Trumpster Fire.

There’s actually a lot of cause for concern on all fronts. An animal is at its most dangerous when it’s wounded, and that’s applicable here. No one knows what Donald Trump is going to do in the debate, how far he will go and what he will try to hang on Hillary. No one even knows what kind of language he’ll use, if he’ll actually try to apologize again or if he’s just going to attack, attack, attack. But that’s why HRC’s silence is so important too: sources say that Clinton made a conscious choice not to respond to Trump on camera this weekend because she wanted her reaction to have the biggest impact on live TV, on the debate stage, in front of tens of millions of viewers. While I do think Trump is going to say some nasty sh-t to HRC to her face, I also think that the reaction in the room is going to be immediate and Trump will obviously overplay his (tiny, delicate, child-like) hand.

Reportedly, debate moderators Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper are already allocating the first few questions of the night to the Trump Tape. And a coin toss means that Hillary Clinton gets the first question. Which is… wow. The first few minutes are going to be amazing. Also: some political commentators are trying to make this a thing: “Should Hillary shake Donald Trump’s hand?” Why is that a thing? What is she going to do, ball up her fists and stomp her feet when she sees him? HRC is a seasoned pro – please don’t make this about juvenile “she shouldn’t even touch him!” bulls—t.

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