WOW. Há tanta coisa acontecendo na política nesta semana, é difícil descobrir o que as prioridades podem ser e o que se concentrar. Vital. Sequências nos EUA, os protagonistas envolvidos estão um pouco cansados, passam o seu melhor e procurando um último dia de pagamento. Dois homens que lutam para ser presidente são iguais a dois terços dos da República dos EUA que desejam servir. Eu sei que somos uma democracia jovem, mas isso é um fato assustador, os candidatos são positivamente históricos. os dias habituais antes da eleição. Pode ser um golpe de mestre tático, mas você não pode deixar de pensar que pode ser porque, se sucumberem a pressão, o escrutínio ou a frequência cardíaca elevada, ainda há tempo para lançar um substituto. While the ambition of those who host and broadcast the event might be to reveal a little about the character of the candidates, to have live audiences of mere mortals with a vote to interact with the candidates, and to generate hundreds of minutes of soundbites, news reel, and
I’m going to park the fall out from the European Election results and the impending French elections because, as Americans, we aren’t 100% sure what their implication on the world stage might be, though we recognise a significant shift in Europe’s view on the West, NATO and the need to keep a tough united front against the old enemy, Russia, is vital.
So, therefore, our attention this week will be focused on the US Presidential Debate – Trump vs Biden 2.
While I was lucky enough to watch the UK Election debates from close quarters, they were a rather drab and relatively meaningless affair – but the US event is a completely different kettle of fish.
Biden/Trump is a rerun of 2020, and as with many sequels in the US, the protagonists involved are a little ring weary, past their best, and looking for one last pay day.
But while Sly Stallone might have only needed a bit of air brushing here and there to look the part in the latter instalments of his productions, our two contestants for the keys to the White House are way beyond that pale.
I read a wonderful statistic in the media today – the combined age of the two men fighting to be President is equal to two-thirds of that of the US Republic they want to serve. I know we’re a young democracy but that’s a scary fact, the candidates are positively historic.
There are not only concerning consequences to having two white men of a certain advanced age as the face of the contest to be the most powerful human on Earth, but there are also some format considerations to take on board too.
In the first instance, both candidates’ teams have opted to hold the debate months rather than the usual days ahead of the election. It might be a tactical masterstroke, but you can’t help but think it might be because if either succumbs to the pressure, the scrutiny, or the elevated heart rate, there is still time to roll out a replacement.
In US campaign politics, there are entire teams recruited just to manage and negotiate the terms of the debate. While the ambition of those who host and broadcast the event might be to reveal a little about the character of the candidates, to have live audiences of mere mortals with a vote to interact with the candidates, and to generate hundreds of minutes of soundbites, news reel, and meme-able content to share with the wider world – that isn’t always the agenda of the debate Equipes. A equipe de Biden agendou há muito 'intervalos de conforto' para o candidato no planejamento de suas aparições públicas e repórteres da sala de tribunais durante os recentes julgamentos criminais de Nova York de Donald Trump referenciou os ruídos estranhos e cheiros emitidos pelo Wannabe Presidente quando ele foi forçado a sentar -se a que o Tribunal de Damas está sendo apresentado. Para comerciais e mensagens de patrocínio a serem exibidos, mas insistiu que eram longos o suficiente para permitir que os candidatos
One of the first considerations both teams had to consider was – fortitude and continence.
Both candidate teams didn’t fancy having their man standing there under the lights for hours on end, risking unforeseen consequences. Biden’s team have long scheduled ‘comfort breaks’ for their candidate in planning his public appearances, and court room reporters during the recent New York Criminal Trials of Donald Trump referenced the strange noises and smells emitting from the wannabe President when he was forced to sit for hours on end in court listening to the damning evidence being presented.
As a compromise, both candidates have agreed to frequent breaks in the format to allow for commercials and sponsorship messages to be aired, but insisted they were long enough to allow the candidates to ‘ Faça uma pausa para descanso '. Ambas as equipes estarão prendendo a respiração e rezam para que não seja o homem que escapa. Para enfrentar esse risco, a decisão de realizar o evento sem uma audiência presente significa que Joe só precisa se ater a entregar o script que ele e sua equipe terão preparado e ensaio
The second consideration is how to trap or trip your opponent without stumbling yourself.
This is the first election where the mental capacity and competence of the two candidates is the number one issue for swing voters. Both teams will be holding their breath and praying it isn’t their man who slips up.
Biden is probably at a bigger risk of having a ‘senior moment’, forgetting a key fact, name or date as has been the case in a number of recent public appearances. To tackle that risk, the decision to hold the event without an audience in attendance means that Joe only has to stick to delivering the script he and his team will have prepared and rehearsed ad infinitum. Linguagem insensível e reviravoltas inflamatórias de frase. Seja gritando seu oponente, reagindo ao humor da multidão e jogando para o público, como um barker de feira moderno, que é sua zona de conforto. It will allow Biden to repeatedly call Trump a convicted Felon and election loser – the two references which drive Trump
Trump however could screw it up too.
It is largely accepted that he can start a fight in an empty room, has a nasty habit of insulting anyone and everyone, and using insensitive language and inflammatory turns of phrase.
What is also in Biden’s favour, is that Trump typically performs better in a live environment. Whether it is shouting down his opponent, reacting to the mood of the crowd, and playing to the audience, as a modern-day fairground barker, that is his comfort zone.
So being in an empty TV studio with his mike muted will be a new and uncomfortable moment for the Don. It will allow Biden to repeatedly call Trump a convicted Felon and election loser – the two references which drive Trump bat-shit crazy – without fear of it descending into a shouting match, meaning he can land his pre-planned punches cleanly.
That is also in the incumbents’ favour for the post show analysis
While no-one expects Biden para ser um ótimo artista em um debate de sangue completo, se ele puder trabalhar com seus escritores de roteiro, equipe de tempo de comédia, especialistas em linguagem corporal e editores de mídia social-ele pode terTikTok, YouTube and Instagram-ready memes and short form content ready to post as soon as the debate ends.
Most Americans don’t and won’t watch the debate but will collectively consume thousands of hours of carefully edited and packaged social and digital content coverage. This is probably where the election – never mind the debate – could be won or lost in 2024.
