Should we be more inclined to support an experienced Presidential candidate willing to talk off the cuff at length and in detail on virtually any subject – or an opponent who either is evasive or relies on repetition of carefully scripted teleprompter messaging in response to specific questioning?Can the incumbent’s wary, stilted approach to a historically important election succeed against her challenger’s “open-book” record in an unusually truncated promotional period? Historians will have a retrospective field day with this year’s unorthodox election procedure and the parties’ respective campaign strategies. Can a relatively novice and unexpected replacement Presidential candidate rely primarily on party loyalty to override a tentative trial-balloon platform in hasty, late-stage development?How rigidly “branded” is the current American voting-age public? Phil Osifer