SUSAN PAGE: I think there is no reason to expect that that first debate won't just increase, just intensify the attacks we've heard from each of these on the other. Because remember, each of them wants this election to be a referendum on the other guy. 



WOLF BLITZER (HOST): You agree, Dana? 



DANA BASH: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. But I do think that the stakes are much higher in this debate and all the debates for Hillary Clinton because the expectations are higher for her because she is a seasoned politician, she is a seasoned debater. Yes, we saw Donald Trump in the primaries debate for the first time, but he is a first-time politician. So for lots of reasons, maybe it's not fair but it's the way it is, the onus is on her. 

Previously: 

On MSNBC, Eric Boehlert Calls Out The “Amazing Double Standard” In Media Coverage Of Clinton And Trump Foundations

MSNBC's Joy Reid: “The Standard For What Qualifies As A Hillary Clinton Scandal Aren't About Smoking Guns, They're About A Magical Thing Called 'Optics'”

Still Waiting For Newspaper Editorials Demanding The Trump Foundation Be Shut Down