I felt like he was treating it with exactly the contempt he'd conveyed towards it already. He'd said a few times that he didn't want to do debates because there was no point, and IMHO he merely proved that. Similarly I felt he gave no fucks as to knowing exactly how saying certain things would go down because whatever he would have said, the narrative was already decided on anyway.

As for Kumgargla, this is a 'politician' who cannot explain what inflation is when asked unprepared, and we are to believe that she reeled off all these statistics, stories and statements spontaneously.

The debate was pure theatrical production by ABC and the Demonrats intended for the types of viewer who they know would take it seriously.