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122. Last night was very interesting.

I don't see this debate as having as much impact as the Michigan one. It seemed to me the audience really liked Bernie. I think, this is an opinion only, that a symbolic corner has been turned, not just for Bernie but for people who have liked him, but have been hesitating because "he can't win." The response to his closing statement was amazing....people standing, cheering, and clapping. At first I thought it was just the end of the debate cheering, but it wasn't...it was for Bernie!

I thought he did very well...he will get his main points in, some way, somehow. He was definitely given less time than Hillary, but he is a better debater now and still gets his points across.

I think Hillary was given very tough questions, as well as given more air time. She certainly made an effort to be more pleasant and less angry than the Michigan debate. I thought her answers were okay for the most part, typical Hillary answers. Interesting that for this audience, she broke with Obama, on the issue of immigration, of course. As usual, she was taking credit for things I don't believe she was involved in, like Obama and Cuba, for instance, but she always does that. The auto bail-out lie double down was not a surprise, nor was the insinuation that Bernie is a communist. I think the audience liked her, too, but not as much as Bernie.

Overall, I think Bernie was the debate winner, and I think he will once again do better than expected, this time in Florida. One thing that didn't come up directly was the housing crisis, and I know Florida was hit hard. Florida was part of the book and movie "The Big Short." I expect Bernie's Wall Street message will resonate there. If I am not mistaken, he did okay with Hispanics in NV and CO, so this will be an interesting contest.