The Debate From a Slightly Different Perspective

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15. It appears Kamala has opened Pandora's box with the . . .

'let's reach back into history routine,' rather than focusing on the present and future. I was rather surprised at Harris' weak defense of her own healthcare proposal. And yes, I agree she did sound unprepared for Gabbard's attack. I think most people were surprised at the brutal nature of that attack line. But now that it's out there, Harris will be required to address it.

I find a lot of this sad because I like a lot of these candidates, good solid Democrats who have worked their butts off for their constituencies. These primaries always turn into meat grinders and that's unfortunate because we need to have our eventual nominee sound enough to run in the General. I know the general argument is: better to be bruised and battered during the primary than waiting for the GE. But there's a limit. One of those limits is the critical comments about President Obama's Administration simply to score points against Joe Biden. That verges on suicidal. I kept hearing complaints about 'framing things like the Republicans.' The biggest 'frame' of all is painting the Obama Administration as the worst evah.

In any case, not being able to 'watch' the debates doesn't seem to have been all that bad.