In the days leading up to the first presidential debate of 2024, pundits and analysts are coming up with the perfect metaphor to describe the two candidates.
Former George W. Bush strategist Matthew Dowd summed up the two candidates when speaking Tuesday to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace.
David Plouffe told the panelists he doesn't think Donald Trump will be capable of sticking to talking points. However, he's worked on debates with President Joe Biden in the past and called him a "solid debater."
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If Biden succeeds, "I'm not sure that Trump will debate on Sept. 10th. I wouldn't expect him."
Democratic strategist Lis Smith said that Trump has been spinning his own tales of amped-up Democratic opponents on drugs since 2016.
"Let's look at Donald Trump. This is not new, him accusing his opponent of doing drugs, using performance-enhancing drugs, and getting a 'shot in the ass' before the debate," said Smith. "He did this with Joe Biden in 2020. He did it with Hillary Clinton in 2016. It is a bizarre tick of his."
She said that Trump is a big boxing fan, so he speaks about debates in a way that is reminiscent of boxers trash-talking before the big match.
However, Dowd compared the two candidates differently.
Wallace asked why Biden doesn't simply hang the lantern around himself about the age issue. Dowd said he found the perfect way of describing the choices.
"And I'm not saying he would say this, but the choice here is the choice, if you have to, Nicolle, if you want someone to house sit your home and you have two elderly men you have to choose between," Dowd described. "You have to pick one: One, this guy named Joe Biden who is elderly. He may forget to turn the porch light off, and he may take a nap or two. But he's going to water your plants and feed your dog. Donald Trump, the house sitter, will kill your plants, sell your furniture, and kill your dog and probably let the burglars in so he could split the profits on whatever the burglar is going to get."
"That is the choice between two older people that will sit your house," said Dowd. "Somebody forgets the porch light and someone that will sell your furniture and kill your dog."
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Ex-Bush adviser: Biden might 'leave on the porch light' but Trump 'will kill your dog' youtu.be
