We miss Martin O’Malley already. The New Republic

[elleng]

'With the Democratic field down to just two, the first half of the debate treated us to a history lesson on the word “progressive.” In a disagreement over whether Hillary Clinton is a moderate or a progressive, Clinton explained the “root of that word, progressive, is progress.”

Yawn. It’s no coincidence that this is the first debate without O’Malley there to break things up. He certainly had his flaws, but at least O’Malley always brought the debate back to his robust set of policies. Besides providing some great comic relief for Twitter, he kept the debate on track by pointing to his solutions for immigration, climate change, and gun violence. The debate stayed far, far away from debating the etymology of “progressive.”

Bring O’Malley back.'

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/129238/miss-martin-omalley-already

[Ed Suspicious]

1. I'm with you. I would love to see him start that campaign up again. That said, it was really good to

see these two candidates head to head.

[askew]

2. Yep, this debate was pretty vapid. Way too much process questions.

And O'Malley would have taken Hillary to the woodshed for trying to have it both ways on death penalty.

[snowy owl]

3. I liked O'Malley.

But the lack of issues was the fault of the hosts who let Hillary go off into what seemed a set of emotional rants. Bernie responded to every one with issue and policy commentary.

[Jim Lane]

4. Maybe O'Malley could be a moderator for a future debate.

Some debate sponsor would really have to think outside the box, but the traditional "debate" format (really, joint press conferences) could use some shaking up.