It was not a Debate.
It was a move by the Democrats observing the classic cognitive decline to allow max time to get another up and running.
It was a painful demonstration of just how bad the cognitive decline was in truth.
Many are lamenting the decline since State of the Union back in March 8th, that was unopposed with the Teleprompter running and the Drugs working so much better.
Trump was hogtied to a degree in that he is very happy to run against the Vegetable so was somewhat restrained.
CNN did their very best with Camera work but the task was too great.
Someone said the election would be won by the side that blinks first.
The format was a disaster for both, more so for Biden.
Even the opportunity to get a recovery in place with the hasty retreat to North Carolina immediately following disaster central did little to get the project back on track other than Teleprompter Cameras and another dose of whatever they are using, is it Methamphetamine?

The visuals were very telling and the dosage was likely wrong, even with creative camera work he was being abused from the moment he walked onto the stage.

The SPCA would prosecute me in a moment if I did that to dear old Abbey our 15yo going on 17, Long Haired Miniature Dachshund who is stone deaf and has ambulatory difficulties but is pain free, eats well and keeps clean.
Using a well accepted conversion of 6 to seven years for canines over humans Abbey is over 90 and possibly a hundy.
She certainly does a whole lot better than poor old Joe appears to deliver and in that Abbey is “drug free” at all times