But, for whatever reasons, she was not ready for Donald last night,” he judged. “There was this other thing that the New York Post captured on the front page of its paper today, which is his looming presence onstage while she was talking. He never sat down, as far as I can remember. He was pacing like a caged lion most of the time and while she was talking he was standing behind her, powerfully bigger and stronger than she, visually. I think that had an impact, too. It wasn’t bullying. It wasn’t like a man bullying a woman, quote-unquote. It was a simple visual of who has, as Pence would say, the broad shoulders, the power, the strength to lead this country, at a time when we need to shake things up, from the bottom up.
Bill Clinton made a point to do the same thing in his town-hall debates.