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Reaction to Last Night's Democratic Debate
Political Wire:
Hillary Clinton easily won the debate. She was confident, knew the issues and didn’t let Sanders rattle her.
In contrast, Sanders seemed tired, rarely smiled and was best when he was angry. He’s still great at framing the key issues of the campaign. But his phrasing is so similar in every debate that he may soon be accused of having a Marco Rubio robot problem.
https://politicalwire.com/2016/02/11/the-democratic-debate/
Hillary Clinton easily won the debate. She was confident, knew the issues and didn’t let Sanders rattle her.
In contrast, Sanders seemed tired, rarely smiled and was best when he was angry. He’s still great at framing the key issues of the campaign. But his phrasing is so similar in every debate that he may soon be accused of having a Marco Rubio robot problem.
https://politicalwire.com/2016/02/11/the-democratic-debate/
CNN: Clinton embraces Obama and wins debate
The days of Hillary Clinton subtly separating herself from President Barack Obama on one policy or another are over: she won the debate in Milwaukee by lavishly and repeatedly praising Obama -- and delivered a sharp rebuke to Sen. Bernie Sanders for criticizing the President.
"The kind of criticism we've heard from Senator Sanders about our President, I expect from Republicans," she said in the closing minutes of the debate. "I do not expect from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama."
Clinton's sudden bombshell was delivered so late in the proceedings that Sanders had no choice but to use part of his closing statement to respond. "Madam Secretary, that is a low blow," he said. "I think it is really unfair to suggest I have not been supportive of the President."
The exchange capped a night in which Clinton drew on her experience as a debater to outpoint Sanders.
Playing to the home crowd, she attacked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the conservative Republican who has tangled with labor unions in bitter battles in recent years. When talk turned to ending racial bias in the criminal justice system, it was Clinton, not Sanders, who dropped a reference to the killing of Dontre Hamilton, a man shot more than a dozen times by a Milwaukee police officer in 2014.
But most of all, in a straightforward pitch to black voters -- who will make up an estimated 60% of the ballots cast in the South Carolina primary later this month -- Clinton suggested that Sanders has not been sufficiently loyal to Obama, who is beloved by his community.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/opinions/democratic-debate-reaction-louis/index.html
The days of Hillary Clinton subtly separating herself from President Barack Obama on one policy or another are over: she won the debate in Milwaukee by lavishly and repeatedly praising Obama -- and delivered a sharp rebuke to Sen. Bernie Sanders for criticizing the President.
"The kind of criticism we've heard from Senator Sanders about our President, I expect from Republicans," she said in the closing minutes of the debate. "I do not expect from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama."
Clinton's sudden bombshell was delivered so late in the proceedings that Sanders had no choice but to use part of his closing statement to respond. "Madam Secretary, that is a low blow," he said. "I think it is really unfair to suggest I have not been supportive of the President."
The exchange capped a night in which Clinton drew on her experience as a debater to outpoint Sanders.
Playing to the home crowd, she attacked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the conservative Republican who has tangled with labor unions in bitter battles in recent years. When talk turned to ending racial bias in the criminal justice system, it was Clinton, not Sanders, who dropped a reference to the killing of Dontre Hamilton, a man shot more than a dozen times by a Milwaukee police officer in 2014.
But most of all, in a straightforward pitch to black voters -- who will make up an estimated 60% of the ballots cast in the South Carolina primary later this month -- Clinton suggested that Sanders has not been sufficiently loyal to Obama, who is beloved by his community.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/opinions/democratic-debate-reaction-louis/index.html
MSNBC: Hillary Clinton cools the Bern in Democratic debate
Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate started off quietly but escalated into passionate debates about foreign policy and the legacy of Barack Obama as Clinton doused Sanders’ burning passion with a cool dose of realism.
During the PBS debate Thursday night in Milwaukee, Clinton adopted a new more measured tone to reflect her message, and honed her rhetoric. Instead of taking swings at her opponent as she has in previous debates, Clinton made it clear she agrees with Sanders’ progressive principles. She let him throw the punches while she subtly undermined his competence and readiness to enact those principles.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-cools-the-bern-democratic-debate
Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate started off quietly but escalated into passionate debates about foreign policy and the legacy of Barack Obama as Clinton doused Sanders’ burning passion with a cool dose of realism.
During the PBS debate Thursday night in Milwaukee, Clinton adopted a new more measured tone to reflect her message, and honed her rhetoric. Instead of taking swings at her opponent as she has in previous debates, Clinton made it clear she agrees with Sanders’ progressive principles. She let him throw the punches while she subtly undermined his competence and readiness to enact those principles.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-cools-the-bern-democratic-debate
The Guardian: Sanders squandered his lead while Clinton shone at the latest debate
In what was easily her strongest debate performance in recent memory – and arguably her strongest since the campaign began – Hillary Clinton was calm, cool and collected at Thursday night’s debate.
Clinton could’ve been understandably on edge, as she was fresh off a resounding loss in New Hampshire on Tuesday and an effective tie in Iowa the week before. But it was Sanders who was oddly on the defensive despite what has been momentum in his favor, starting out the night more combative than Clinton and wasting his time on petty one-liners. (When Clinton talked about building political capital when she’s in the White House, for instance, Sanders began a rebuttal with “Secretary Clinton, you’re not in the White House yet.”)
Perhaps it was understandable that Sanders appeared to be on defensive as the major topics of the night – race, foreign policy and relations with Obama – are all considered areas of relative weakness for the income inequality-focused Sanders... The argument over Obama’s legacy is one that Clinton’s campaign has been wanting to have with Sanders for some time, and Sanders set her up for an easy hit. Viewers at home watching the candidates on a split screen could see Sanders huffing and puffing as Clinton spoke, laughing angrily to himself and scribbling notes as she spoke.
It was a bad look for Bernie – whom the cameras often caught wagging a finger at the moderators while Clinton spoke – and it left him struggling to articulate the reasons for the distance between himself and a popular president, a distance he’d previously tried to wave away before when an interview Obama gave to Politico seemed to suggest that the sitting president favors Clinton over Bernie.
It was, instead, her opponent who made the mistake – repeatedly this debate – of being too quick to anger and allowing his feelings to affect his answers. Clinton, who can hardly express an emotion in public without her ability to lead being called into question, didn’t have that luxury, and she didn’t try to indulge in it.
For once, that was an advantage.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/12/bernie-sanders-squandered-lead-hillary-clinton-democratic-debate
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... I'll be busy this morning watching the YouTube "newsreel" highlights.
Go, Hillary! We love you! 
