US Presidential election 2016: first debate will be more like a mud wrestle than a policy contest

By Paul McGeough
Updated September 26 2016 - 1:23pm, first published 11:38am
Which Donald Trump will show up to the debate on Long Island? Crazy horse or the subdued presidential candidate? Photo: Steve Helber
Which Donald Trump will show up to the debate on Long Island? Crazy horse or the subdued presidential candidate? Photo: Steve Helber

Washington: The first presidential debate for Election 2016 is shaping as an uncertain but bruising encounter between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Most analysts are framing it as more a bout of mud wrestling than a policy discourse that might sensibly inform would-be American voters.

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