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defrogThere’s a very simple formula:
If you support Hillary, she crushed Bernie.
If you support Bernie, he totally pwned Hillary.
If you support Trump, Trump destroyed both of them on Twitter.
If you support any other GOP candidate, everyone lost because the Democratic Party sucks and should be executed.
Like I said, simple.
If you want a more objective answer, I don’t know if I have one, since I didn’t watch it. But from what I’m hearing:
1. Hillary did pretty much dominate the event. Bernie may be giving her a run for her money in the polls, but she didn’t get where she is by being a pushover. Bernie went for his usual Righteous Anger card and while that always plays well for the home crowd, it doesn’t quite go over as well when Hillary is standing next to you.
2. That said, it was a pretty amiable debate for everyone involved – at least compared to the GOP debates – so Hillary didn’t have to work that hard. She’ll won't have it nearly this easy if/when she goes up against the GOP nominee.
3. Martin O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb were actually on stage. I just thought I’d mention that, since you wouldn’t know it from the debate coverage.
4. The Demo Debate didn’t really pull the ratings. To be fair, it was the most-watched Demo debate ever, but more people watched NCIS, apparently. That’s what happens when you have a campaign debate about issues and policy instead of the Batshit Smackdown Reality Show that has been the GOP debates so far. Which is an accurately sad commentary on the state of contemporary American politics. I mean, yes, it’s been entertainment-based since the Kennedy-Nixon debates, but still.
5. Coming back to Hillary, it perhaps says a lot that many media pundits have been describing the debate as her big comeback – which annoys the people at FiveThirtyEight, who will quickly point out that comebacks are for people who have faded in the polls and written off as a lost cause. Like, say, John McCain. By contrast, in every national media poll so far this election, Hillary has never not been at the top of it. Bernie as definitely whittled down the point spread – so has Joe Biden (and he’s not even in the race, yet) – and has topped a couple of local state polls, but for the most part Hillary has been the frontrunner from Day 1.
6. It was a great night for Joe Biden jokes.
This is my favorite.
And that’s my blogger obligations fulfilled on the Democrat debate.
It’s debatable,
This is dF
If you support Hillary, she crushed Bernie.
If you support Bernie, he totally pwned Hillary.
If you support Trump, Trump destroyed both of them on Twitter.
If you support any other GOP candidate, everyone lost because the Democratic Party sucks and should be executed.
Like I said, simple.
If you want a more objective answer, I don’t know if I have one, since I didn’t watch it. But from what I’m hearing:
1. Hillary did pretty much dominate the event. Bernie may be giving her a run for her money in the polls, but she didn’t get where she is by being a pushover. Bernie went for his usual Righteous Anger card and while that always plays well for the home crowd, it doesn’t quite go over as well when Hillary is standing next to you.
2. That said, it was a pretty amiable debate for everyone involved – at least compared to the GOP debates – so Hillary didn’t have to work that hard. She’ll won't have it nearly this easy if/when she goes up against the GOP nominee.
3. Martin O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb were actually on stage. I just thought I’d mention that, since you wouldn’t know it from the debate coverage.
4. The Demo Debate didn’t really pull the ratings. To be fair, it was the most-watched Demo debate ever, but more people watched NCIS, apparently. That’s what happens when you have a campaign debate about issues and policy instead of the Batshit Smackdown Reality Show that has been the GOP debates so far. Which is an accurately sad commentary on the state of contemporary American politics. I mean, yes, it’s been entertainment-based since the Kennedy-Nixon debates, but still.
5. Coming back to Hillary, it perhaps says a lot that many media pundits have been describing the debate as her big comeback – which annoys the people at FiveThirtyEight, who will quickly point out that comebacks are for people who have faded in the polls and written off as a lost cause. Like, say, John McCain. By contrast, in every national media poll so far this election, Hillary has never not been at the top of it. Bernie as definitely whittled down the point spread – so has Joe Biden (and he’s not even in the race, yet) – and has topped a couple of local state polls, but for the most part Hillary has been the frontrunner from Day 1.
6. It was a great night for Joe Biden jokes.
This is my favorite.
Still the best thing I've seen on the internet all night about #DemDebate. (h/t @Lokay) pic.twitter.com/IDR2MzkHTg
— Kate Norton (@norton_kate) October 14, 2015And that’s my blogger obligations fulfilled on the Democrat debate.
It’s debatable,
This is dF
