One of the few cardinal rules of politics is figuring out how to turn weaknesses into strengths. Hang a lantern on his age and talk about it all. the. time.
It's precisely how so much of the electorate got inoculated to Donald Trump's perpetual torrent of bullshit
This is true but it still depends on being able to avoid any more performances like Thursday, because if he's in that mode he's also not going to be able to deliver any good lines
YES! Especially since trump is also old and obviously has no sense of humor about it! Just say, yes, we’re both old, do you want the nice grandpa or the mean one? The one who’s proud of his years of experience or the one who lashes out whenever someone mentions it?
Like when they criticized Reagan for being old, and he said “I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.”?
But Dems never optimize for charisma, unfortunately.