♪♪ I've got you, under my skin...♪♪

"Will Kamala get under Trump's skin tonight? I hope not. I don't expect so. But - will Trump get under Kamala's skin tonight? Bet the house on that one. She will come back at Trump with lies, dam lies and statistics. No truth, just fiction." 

Tonight is the night. Probably the one and only debate between the sitting vice president and the former president. There will be no surprises coming from Donald Trump. He has been clear on the campaign trail on which direction he wants to lead the nation. Spoiler alert - it will look much like the same direction he had us on before. The one where most all of us did better. So, no surprises there. But there will be one question which will lead to maybe some real drama tonight.

And that question is -who is going to get under whose skin? Oh, the bait from Kamala will be on the water, just waiting for Donald Trump to take it. But this is a different Donald Trump than we saw in 2016 or 2020. He is much more disciplined. We saw that in the Biden debate this year where he dismantled Biden by letting Biden do all the work. Trump's supporters are relying on that same discipline tonight. Let Kamala talk. Let her word salads get her lost in box canyons.

Why will this be hard for Donald Trump? First off, Trump can't stand stupid people. Especially stupid people who are vying for the most important job in the country. Second, it is in Trump's nature to be a counter puncher. He is just the opposite of G.W. Bush. Whereas Bush would let most unkind things slide, Trump will let very little slide. Tonight, he needs to keep that side of himself locked up. Let Kamala do it to herself. 

Donald Trump has so many things to talk about which are winners tonight. I HOPE he talks about getting rid of the federal tax on Social Security. Now that - is a winner. And should be bipartisan. Just like "no tax on tips" is. That was Trump's idea - not Kamala's. Truthfully, many of the topics that Trump could bring up tonight, Kamala has no response to. That is, other than a side order of word salad. 

Will Kamala get under Trump's skin tonight? I hope not. I don't expect so. But - will Trump get under Kamala's skin tonight? Bet the house on that one. She will come back at Trump with lies, dam lies and statistics. No truth, just fiction.