It's all over, except when it's not

With a virtual promise to not accept the results of the 2016 Presidential election, Donald Trump took his campaign to a new low.   When specifically asked by debate moderator Chris Wallace if he will concede the election if Hillary Clinton is declared the winner, he said he would "keep you in suspense", then whining that he had seen some "unbelievable things".  This exchange brought an audible gasp from the debate spectators which was echoed throughout the nation as people from both parties condemned this flouting of the norms of politics in the US.   Of course there are probably millions of Trump supporters who heard a different message.  These are the "deplorables" who would be revolutionaries if it doesn't interfere with the NFL schedule!  Beyond this campaign ending gaffe on Trump's part, the debate was fairly predictable.  After a fairly strong start appealing to his base on the questions of abortion and guns, Trump, facing a strong, well prepared opponent began to interrupt, insult and betray his tenuous grasp on the issues.  Even when Hillary was somewhat vulnerable to the recent spate of wikileaks releases of e-mails from her campaign chairman's server, she was able to frame the retort to tie Trump to Vladimir Putin.  This seemed to throw Trump off balance.  The post debate poll showed the audience felt Clinton won by a comfortable margin and the pundits were fixated on Trump's refusal to concede if defeated.  Hillary looked presidential while Donald looked angry and confused.  Game over.