Did I hope Trump would do better?? Sure. Honestly, this was kinda like the first Rocky movie. He was getting hit by Apollo, AND the ref was crooked, to boot (look at Holt's numbers on Drudge this am). The important thing is, Trump is still standing, and no bones were broken. There was no "knockout".

They hit him about as hard as they could. Trump still has PLENTY of stuff to hit Hillary with in debate 2 and 3.

I'm not blind. Trump didn't "win", but he took everything Holt and Hillary threw at him, and survived. Ailes can phone him up, give him a few zingers, and he should look better in 2 and 3. Not a win, but not a "defeat", either. He's lived to fight another day...