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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris had their first presidential debate this week in

Pennsylvania. I think the consensus seemed to be that Harris slightly edged it. She managed to polish her performance a little bit.

She was certainly more coherent than Joe Biden, not a big bar to clear.

Trump seemed a little distracted on the other hand.

Tom, what have you made of it?

I don't think we learned an awful lot.

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