Edward Panetta, professor of communication studies at the University of Georgia, just sent over his grading of last night's second presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

Panetta, the director of the Georgia Debate Union for 27 years. makes a good point – that Trump may have disappointed the crowd (and more importantly, extended the life of the controversy) when he quickly shifted the topic away from the Access Hollywood video. To wit:

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Jo'wan Bellamy taught in the GNETS program for 17 years and recently transferred to Atlanta’s new behavioral program at Crawford Long Middle School. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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