To play on the title of Big Joe Turner’s iconic hit song Shake, Rattle and Roll, the Democratic Debate could more properly be called Fake, Prattle and Droll. Although I didn’t have a stop watch in hand during the Democratic debate, it certainly seemed as if the Univision moderators concerned themselves with trying to enforce [...]
For about the first hour of the Democratic debate in Wisconsin, Clinton and Sanders expressed much mutual admiration for each other. Clinton repeatedly pointed to areas where there was general agreement on the end if not always the means. It quickly became clear that the audience they spoke to wasn’t sitting in the university auditorium [...]
If past debates are any indication, the upcoming Republican debate will witness neither the civility nor the discussion of issues evident in Thursday’s Democratic Debate. Let’s first look at areas of agreement, then who won on issues of clash and finally how effective the moderators were. The candidates agreed on the role the federal government [...]
Perhaps it's the somewhat civil nature of the campaign, or perhaps there really isn't much of a difference. Last night’s Democratic Town Hall debate provided some excellent opportunities for the Democratic candidates to make clearer the distinctions between their plans, their visions and their fight for the soul of the party. Unfortunately, both of the [...]
As the most recent Democratic debate proved, the Republicans have no monopoly on pandering to a base. While they congenially agreed on a number of issues, the big three differentiators they chose to highlight were Wall Street influence, healthcare and gun control. 1) Wall Street Reform When faced with the charge that Clinton was too [...]