text:  The president's allies see an upside for them here. They believe that the contrast that would be shown on the debate stage between him and Donald Trump will be in their favor. Obviously, they would not have agreed to do this if they did not think that. By the way, both campaigns seem to think that the contrast will work for them. We'll see what happens. But in terms of coming out of the debate and how much Americans will stay tuned into it, the 4th of July is coming up.