Nice try, Brian Fallon.

Some of us — maybe many of us — can see right through Hillary Clinton’s press secretary.

Fallon is talking up Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump’s debating skills in advance of the joint appearance set between Trump and Democratic nominee Clinton.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-camp-tries-to-lower-trump-debate-expectations-227471

What’s the press flack up to?

I’m pretty sure Fallon is trying to lower expectations as Clinton and Trump prepare for their appearance.

The street talk has it that Trump will explode into a tantrum the minute Clinton goes negative. Fallon sees it differently … or so he says.

Trump, he reminded us in a written statement, “thrashed” his GOP rivals when they gathered on the same stage next to him. He notes that Trump is a former reality TV celebrity who’s comfortable in front of a TV camera.

I guess I need to remind readers of this blog that Hillary’s no slouch, either, when the TV lights go on. She testified for 11 hours before a congressional committee on the Benghazi matter and, to my way of thinking, showed herself to be a pretty cool customer.

The two of them are going to meet Sept. 26 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

Here, though, is what we ought to look for in the run-up to this event: Will the Trump campaign downplay their candidate’s debating skill the way this Clinton spokesman has done?

I do not believe for a second that the Trumpkins would dare say their guy isn’t up to the task at hand.