Eh, every time there's been a terror attack, he's surged in the polls. But every time he's made an ass out of himself, she's surged in the polls. It's literally just going to depend what happens in...
As in not appear on stage for a formally set debate, no. He won't do that. He'll refuse to allow the thing to be scheduled in the first place, and of course a network isn't going to waste the airtime...
This is precisely why Reagan and Obama were great, when it comes right down to it. Enough experience in government to know how it works, but new enough to not be entrenched or stymied, to not accept...