2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThings to Watch at the Final Democratic Debate Before Iowa
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/four-things-watch-final-democratic-debate-iowa-n498296Excerpt:
Sanders on defense
Sanders has yet to release the details of a tax plan he needs to fund his proposed single-payer health care plan, and his campaign has given conflicting answers about when it would come. The Vermont senator has been saying since at least July that it would come "soon," and in recent interviews said he would present it before the Iowa caucuses, but the moderators and Clinton are likely to press him for details.
Sanders worked to remove another piece of baggage the night before the debate, when his campaign announced he would support a bill to revoke the legal immunity granted to gun makers by a 2005 bill for which Sanders voted. Clinton has been hammering her rival for that vote, accusing him of doing the bidding of the National Rifle Association.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta suggested in a tweet that Clinton would not give Sanders a pass on what he called a "debate-eve conversion." Expect the words "flip flop" to come up a lot as Clinton tries to paint Sanders as typical politician.
Gun fight
The debate venue, the Gaillard Center for the Performing Arts, is almost directly across the street from the Emanuel AME church where a shooter with neo-Confederate sympathies killed nine black worshipers last June.
Beyond the immunity law, Clinton has plenty of other fodder with which to attack Sanders on guns. That includes the so-called Charleston Loophole, which allowed shooter Dylan Roof to buy a gun, even though a previous legal issue should have prevented him. The Washington Post fact checker confirmedthat Sanders supported that loophole.
stone space
(6,498 posts)I watch Republican debates to hear about taxes.
It makes a great drinking game if you want to get really, really smashed.
OK, OK...taxes it is.
This is my message to the Democratic Candidates on taxes:
Alfresco
(1,698 posts)stone space
(6,498 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)Thousands of lives were lost, tortured and people injured. Trillions wasted when they could have been used to fund programs and services in the USA. It is obvious that she doesn't care.
oasis
(49,429 posts)you're bad.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Her voice is like whiney daggers.
oasis
(49,429 posts)btw, it's music to my ears.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)oasis
(49,429 posts)No reason to think that'll change, given her firm grip on the steering wheel.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)A direct quote of your words:
"I'll be looking for signs of wear and the surfacing of crankiness."
oasis
(49,429 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)Inquiring minds want to know.
oasis
(49,429 posts)But thanks anyway.
bye now.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)I asked a very simple and direct question that for some reason you seem to be embarrassed to answer.
oasis
(49,429 posts)and we'll take it from there. You may feel a bit uneasy then, but don't you go scampering off to parts unknown.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)Like I fear your "rapier wit?"
Bring it on, lightweight.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)but she doesn't. Now that is how Karl Rove plays the game and after the hit and run tactic about Bernie's healthcare plan I think she is following his play book to a T.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)her negatives and her bad attitude.
That said, if NBC can't read legislation that he's already proposed, that's their problem.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1782/text
99Forever
(14,524 posts)And the embarrassed look on her face when Senator Sanders politely feeds her words back to her.
It'll be delightful.