2016 Postmortem

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:23 PM Apr 2016

Winners and losers from the 9th Democratic presidential debate

Chris Cillizza
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debated in Brooklyn, New York Thursday night, the first time the two had stood on the same stage in 36 days. I tweeted. The Fix posse annotated. And I also jotted down some of the best and worst from the night that was. Enjoy!

Winners
Hillary Clinton: Clinton didn't knock Sanders out. But she definitely won on points. She was ready when Sanders came at her on her judgment for voting for the war in Iraq, noting that the voters of New York as well as President Obama trusted her judgment. She noted, powerfully, that women's rights had not come up nearly enough in these debates and that Sanders had sought to minimize them as an issue when Donald Trump made his comments about abortion. (Sidenote: That was Clinton's best moment of the night, reminding people watching that her campaign to be the first female presidential nominee for a major party was both historic and unique.)

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Winners and losers from the 9th Democratic presidential debate (Original Post) hrmjustin Apr 2016 OP

Clinton is an excellent debater underthematrix Apr 2016 #1

Agree. She can lie with a smile. That takes talent... think Apr 2016 #5

KNR Lucinda Apr 2016 #2

she did so well bernie is fleeing new york lol nt msongs Apr 2016 #3

I appreciate this but I have to disagree - Mother Of Four Apr 2016 #4

underthematrix

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1. Clinton is an excellent debater

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:25 PM

Apr 2016

think

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5. Agree. She can lie with a smile. That takes talent...

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:32 PM

Apr 2016

Lucinda

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2. KNR

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:29 PM

Apr 2016

msongs

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3. she did so well bernie is fleeing new york lol nt

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:29 PM

Apr 2016

Mother Of Four

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4. I appreciate this but I have to disagree -

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Thu Apr 14, 2016, 11:29 PM

Apr 2016

Both Clinton and Bernie made points tonight. I really don't think there was a clear winner or loser. I did find myself getting really ticked off in the debate threads but tried to keep it to a minimum, though I did throw some snark around. In hindsight, to repeat, I do think both made valid points.

I do agree with the author that the audience was over the top and needed to quiet it down. A lot.

What I want to see - A cross table debate in comfortable chairs where they ask EACH OTHER questions. Mic being cut when time is up, they stick to the format via technology.

Am I going to see it? Nope...I'll see it when a hen grows buck teeth.

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