Washington Post :Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate

[NWCorona]

"By throwing the kitchen sink at Bernie, Hillary sounded nervous and even somewhat desperate – certainly more so than she needs to be."

It was a really bad debate for Hillary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2016/03/10/daily-202-four-reasons-hillary-clinton-lost-the-democratic-debate/56e0a5cd981b92a22d7c29e7/

[BillZBubb]

1. Dare I say, she was almost republican in her mud slinging?

OK, there was nothing "almost" about it. It was full on republican campaign tactics.

Desperate times, I suppose.

[NWCorona]

3. Carl Rove would be proud for sure

[Mufaddal]

2. "Desperate" is an understatement

You know when you've come full circle from supporting Goldwater to defending murderous Reagan-era Latin America policy, something has gone terribly wrong with your life.

[Ino]

4. From the link...

There is a tactic in high school debate called “the spread.” It’s when you throw out so many arguments that your opponent cannot possibly respond to all of them, especially with the limited time they have to speak. It’s especially effective when your arguments are just off the wall enough that the other side has not prepared responses ahead of time. Then, when you get a chance to respond to their refutation, you zero in on whatever they “dropped” and hammer them for it, spinning the judges on why it is crucially important to the broader topic being debated. It felt like Clinton was trying to do just that last night.

I noticed this "piling on" she was doing, ending with a smug smirk as Sanders set about trying to answer her outrageous claims. She's despicable.

[renate]

6. it's also called the Gish Gallop

... which to my ear sounds tricksier than "the spread." It's an effective tactic if the audience doesn't catch on to what's happening, unfortunately.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gish_Gallop

[Ino]

7. Excellent explanation at your link.

Really nefarious sneaky tactic.

[TTUBatfan2008]

5. I don't understand her tactics.

She is leading in the pledged delegate count by a large margin and has probably around a 95% chance of winning the nomination. I don't think she needs to play dirty to win.

[mrdmk]

8. Think of the short term, easy win, quick i.e. money saver and to save herself

from explaining her reasons for what was done in the past and her present intentions for the future.