The Wisconsin Debate is Over

++No discussion of reproductive rights or climate change for that matter. Neither dealt the other death blows. There was no Marco Rubio gaffes. 

++Hillary Clinton was reality based while Bernie was more aspirational. David Brooks said on PBS that Bernie owns the narrative and that Hillary falls into every time, while she masters the policy minutiae.

++Both looked tired. Bernie looked old and had a heavy cold. 

++Hillary scored in embracing President Obama and calling out Bernie's criticisms of Obama, even though she went heavier than the facts allow.

++Bernie scored on the SuperPac funding of Hillary Clinton but I wonder whether in a general election now whether that matters.

++Hillary was actually good about Wall Street Reform and Dodd-Franks being the framework around which you expand regulations.

++Both candidates were good in addressing the structural racism in the country which you would never hear in a Republican debate.

++I personally didn't like Hillary Clinton's answer about then children coming from Central America. Here Sanders scored and later scored about the refugee crisis in Europe.

++The blog comments are divided between Sanders and Clinton,some have gotten nasty in the last two days.

++Mark Shields said that you couldn't pick out which candidate had just lost by 22 points in New Hampshire. He thought Hillary came loaded for bear and was presidential.

++538 and other blogs commented that Hillary scored when she took on Scott Walker and in her closing remarks where she mentioned the local political environment. Bernie seems to be in outer space.

++The Henry Kissinger report was interesting but over most people's head. I didn't think Sanders would go back to the 1970s--then he went to the 1930s. 

++Hillary has moved further left but she also has been bluntly pointing out the limits to Sanders' promises. The question is whether the Democrats want a big change election or not;the Republican do and it would be horrific.