I watched the last part of the debate and the moderator kept asking McC questions and promising that he'd be right back to Grimes but instead just kept asking McC questions. Admittedly, a lot of the questions were based on facts that showed the errors of McC's position, but the longer you listen to a specious argument, the more reasonable it seems. The part of the debate I saw, I know McC got at least twice as much face time as Grimes. One of the reasons that Grimes began butting in was that the moderator so seldom called on her. It was as if the moderator had his issues with McC and was bound and determined to get his issues addressed.
When Grimes got her time, she used it to very good advantage. She definitely pointed out how her position differs from McC's.
But one thing I can't understand is why the Dems are so wary about defending the ACA. If they don't want to defend Obama, fine. Use the DEMOCRATS instead of Obama: the DEMOCRATS' Affordable Care Act, the DEMOCRATS' minimum wage bill, the DEMOCRATS' stimulus. At least get the facts out there. The cost of insurance under the ACA is rising, but it's rising A LOT LESS THAN IT WAS RISING BEFORE the DEMOCRATS passed the ACA, no thanks to anybody from the party of NO, esp McC. The ACA has been a success, maybe not as great a success as it wd have been if it had been a single-payer system, but definitely a lot better than it would be today without it. Forget Obama if you think he's going to hurt you politically, but for God's sake get the FACTS out there about healthcare and the ACA and the other things. The minimum wage, e.g., has been shown again and again to actually increase jobs. It doesn't kill jobs. There've been a few studies that indicate that sometimes a small number of jobs are lost but a large majority of the studies and real-life experiences of minimum wage increases indicate that it INCREASES JOBS. Why is that so hard to say???
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