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Responding to his claim that the media is out to get him, she said: “Every time Donald thinks things are not going in his direction he claims whatever it is is rigged against him.” The courts, the primaries, the FBI…he even claimed the Emmys were rigged against him when he failed to win an award. “This is a mindset, this is how Donald thinks. It’s funny but its also troubling.”

If there was any real news in the night it was Trump’s refusal to pledge he would respect the result of the election, a prospect for ongoing disruption that may carry more danger for the divided Republican party than it does for the Democrats, should Clinton win. No presidential candidate in living memory has declined to accept the results, even in cases decided by much thinner margins than the Trump campaign is confronted with. And why would make such a statement if he thought he had an authentic chance to win?

It may be that Trump realizes his chances of victory are slim, and soon he will lose the easy access he has enjoyed to the largest audience of his life. Hosting The Apprentice never got him a spotlight like the one he’s enjoyed for the past year, and if he loses to Clinton he’ll have to go back to peddling condos and lending his name to steaks.

It must be a daunting prospect, especially for a man who craves attention the way Trump does. Last night was not just the third and last debate, it may have been his last kick at the can. Both teams may claim victory today, but as they left the stage, Hillary Clinton looked a lot happier than a scowling Donald Trump.

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