text:  is if he was far ahead in the polls and didn't think he needed to. If he was ahead in the polls and thought he was winning, even if it cost him a couple points in the polls, they probably would have said, hey, no debates. Trump's a felon. No debates tonight. Sorry, we're not doing any debates this time. Not with a felon. They would have made up something stupid like that. My voice just cracked. Something stupid. Anyway.