Saturday, December 19, 2015

The Democratic Debate

I'm engrossed with an Ian Rankin novel,you are probably off to a party, and Nate Silver, while live-blogging,is following the Jets game.Josh Marshall is the only serious person in the audience tonight all over the country. Josh objects to the moderator's questions on Obamacare as if it's costs are skyrocketing compared to rate hikes under the Republicans. Hillary somewhat defends Obamacare but then says what she would do differently. It seems to me the Democrats have to defend it better.

++Hillary Clinton goes full neoconservative when she says she will defeat ISIS and topple Assad. Nate Silver chuckled about wanting to see Bernie Sanders persuade the King of Arabia to commit ground forces in the Middle East. FiveThirtyEight debate whether Martin O'Malley could be  good vice president . They say no and that he didn't leave Maryland very popular and that he lacks charisma.

++Bernie Sanders was lame in his apology to Hillary Clinton about the data breach by his staffers. Bernie seems to be Johnny One Note talking about the billionaire class. Martin O'Malley goes on about a new Glass-Seigal when no one knows what that is about.

++Everybody agrees that the Democrats will do better on gun control than the Republicans.

++As for substance, the Democrats can be proud but they should be ashamed that people like myself am going back to read. Good night. I'll pick it up in the morning.

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