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2016 Postmortem

Hortensis

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4. Excellent. Probably heavily voter households,

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Original post)

Wed Oct 14, 2015, 12:09 PM

Oct 2015

the opinions of nonvoters ultimately pretty much irrelevant anyway.

I'm not sure the heavy turnout for the GOP debates has done the right any good at all so far. It has not elevated a viable candidate but has shown record audiences how low they've sunk.

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Debate scores record ratings — for Democrats [View all] Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 OP

Bad news for DWS AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #1

Actually, we broke our record set in 2008, which is good news for Democratis. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #2

Remember the memo that said our race is boring Robbins Oct 2015 #5

I think it bodes well for both and I will happily vote for either of them in November 2016. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #7

It is especially impressive, given that the 2008 debate was on network television. (eom) StevieM Oct 2015 #6

Well ... so much for the ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #3

Excellent. Probably heavily voter households, Hortensis Oct 2015 #4

I was pleasantly surprised fredamae Oct 2015 #8

Cooper tried, and failed to initiate conflict between the candidates. But he kept them moving. Agnosticsherbet Oct 2015 #9

Well thought out. fredamae Oct 2015 #10

+1 n/t FSogol Oct 2015 #11