An interesting view of the Michigan debate...

[Sancho]

http://correctrecord.org/bad-night-for-bernie/

One fact is clear from this latest debate: Bernie Sanders had a bad night. He was called out for his tone, defensive on guns, disastrous on race, and so much more. Between offensive finger wags and rude shushes, Sanders reverted to out-dated stereotypes, answered questions with his unrelated “billionaires” line, and echoed NRA talking points. Not a good night for Sanders.

Matt McDermott ?@mattmfm: This is nearly Rick Lazio level of bad for Bernie Sanders. He needs a deep breath. [3/6/16, 8:31 p.m. EDT]

Chris Cillizza @TheFix: That Sanders answer on race was a total disaster. Won’t matter much because of the dynamic of the race. But, still, total disaster. [3/6/16, 9:33 p.m. EDT]

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner: How is it possible that Bernie has gotten worse on gun answers? [3/6/16, 9:00 p.m. EDT]

Jonathan Allen ?@jonallendc: Sanders is incapable of talking about education for children. His answer to teacher question is about free college tuition. Wow. [3/6/16, 9:33 p.m. EDT]

Molly Ball ?@mollyesque : Until I heard Bernie tonight, I had no idea the Flint crisis was the fault of Wall Street & the military industrial complex. [3/6/16, 8:15 p.m. EDT]

[livetohike]

1. Sanders was awful. He looked like a lunatic on stage with his facial

expressions, finger wagging and general demeanor. He was rude, dismissive and annoying. Towards the end of the debate he made these arm movements like he was ready to take off!

He was visually worse than Nixon compared to JFK in their debate.

As far as substance, he floundered on many issues, too many to list. Definitely his worst debate.

[Sancho]

2. I also thought it was a terrible appearance.

Interesting to see the experts agree.

[Cha]

3. Compelling observations, Sancho... thank you.

Molly Ball ?@mollyesque : Until I heard Bernie tonight, I had no idea the Flint crisis was the fault of Wall Street & the military industrial complex.

Matt McDermott ?@mattmfm: This is nearly Rick Lazio level of bad for Bernie Sanders. He needs a deep breath.

Chris Cillizza @TheFix: That Sanders answer on race was a total disaster. Won’t matter much because of the dynamic of the race. But, still, total disaster.

Jonathan Capehart ?@CapehartJ : He knows that all Black people don’t live in ghettos, right? [3/6/16, 9:13 p.m. EDT]

SalenaZito @SalenaZitoTrib: Pretty sure Bernie Sanders just said white people don’t know how to be poor — 70% of US poverty is rural/white [3/6/16, 9:15 p.m. EDT]

Michael Cohen ?@speechboy71: I find it kind of remarkable that Sanders still has no good answer on the gun question [3/6/16, 8:57 p.m. EDT]

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur: Sanders just spent the entire gun exchange defending gun manufacturers. Probably not helping himself. [3/6/16, 9:02 p.m. EDT]

But, "corporations!"

Josh Barro ?@jbarro : “While we’re on Wall Street.” We’re on Wall Street? I thought we were talking about the auto bailout. [3/6/16,8:31 p.m. EDT]

http://correctrecord.org/bad-night-for-bernie/

[Thinkingabout]

4. This has been his standard answer, ask about foreign policy

And he gives Wall Street, ask about gun policies we get answers like Hillary gave speeches on Wall Street, Hillary has super PACs. Would all issues be answered by President Sanders be the same answers. The inability to get away from these standard answers is a problem.

[Historic NY]

5. Rick Lazio the dweeb..

who decided he'd walk across the stage during their Senatorial debate. In the end the GOP still couldn't get him elected.

[Fla Dem]

6. BS is like a rocket. Beautiful huge flame and noise at take off, then slowly, slowly flaming out.

[ismnotwasm]

7. It was painful

I couldn't watch--just a bit hear and there.

[pandr32]

8. Excellent! Thanks for posting this!

I was stunned watching him and listening to his responses. He veered back to his talking points as often as possible instead of properly answering questions put to him. I wonder why anyone goes to listen to him at rallies. He always says the same things.
One exception this time, though: he tried to play offense and put Clinton on defense. It was a disaster. He tried to control the whole debate and wound up looking like a complete madman.

[fleabiscuit]

9. I'll posit that's the best BS can get. eom