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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Escapes Another Dem Debate
Clinton made some critical errors but Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley looked lost at sea during the Democratic debate.Hillary Clinton was vulnerable at the debate Saturday night and could have been taken down a notch if shed had formidable opponents on the stage.
But she didn't. They didnt. And that leaves the race pretty much exactly where it isgive or take a few percentage points.
Yet that doesnt mean shes totally off the hook.
During the course of the two-hour debate, Clinton made a series of gaffes that will likely come back to haunt her, should she become the nominee, in the form of substantive attack ads and cheap shots.
She stumbled a bit when talking about the war she championed in Libya, and her refusal to use the phrase radical Islamas well as her claim that it was her work during 9/11 that led to her massive Wall Street contributionswill likely find its way into a GOP attack ad at some point. Not to mention her odd boast that she comes from the 60s (paging Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz).
But Bernie Sanders and Martin OMalley just couldnt capitalize on the mistakesand its not that they didnt try. They were out-practiced, out-foxed and generally just not a match for the Democratic frontrunner.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/15/no-one-won-at-the-democratic-debate-but-sanders-and-o-malley-really-lost.html
Not a perfect debate night for Hillary, but the other two candidates didn't knock her off her position as frontrunner. It was not a game changer.
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Hillary Escapes Another Dem Debate (Original Post)
Beacool
Nov 2015
OP
I look at these debates like a boxer looks at sparring sessions before a big fight.
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2015
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Agschmid
(28,749 posts)1. Yup if they want it they have to go for it.
Beacool
(30,251 posts)5. It won't be easy.
Hillary is a good debater with years of debate experience.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)2. I look at these debates like a boxer looks at sparring sessions before a big fight.
EOM
Metric System
(6,048 posts)3. Lost at sea without life jackets.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)4. People who think they have what it takes to
knock Hillary's numbers down are a dime a dozen. Those who have are rare.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)6. Hillary provided substance. Bernie provided zingers.
Maybe he should start that talk about socialism one of these days.