jan 31 debate comments:

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Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject I watched it on cnn.com with the "people meter" thing
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4331512#4331676
4331676, I watched it on cnn.com with the "people meter" thing
Posted by janesez on Fri Feb-01-08 09:22 AM

Where the viewers could press an up or down button if they agreed with what the candidate was saying. Hillary's numbers were consistently better than Barack's throughout the debate. And they had half Hillary supporters and half Barack supporters on the thing, so...yeah, I think she came off better.

I agree, immigration favored Hillary completely, her argument was cohesive and practical. Healthcare I think they were split, because a lot of people don't really understand Hillary's plan and don't like the word "mandatory" for anything. That was her lowest numbers of the evening on the "thingie". But in general, she came off very, very well.

Yeah, it always hurts to agree with Bill Bennett, doesn't it? :D

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Obama called a presser today on the economy--but even the media cut out after a few minutes.

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Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject >>>So in your opinion, who won the debate last night?>>>>
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4331512#4331512
4331512, >>>So in your opinion, who won the debate last night?>>>>
Posted by janesez on Wed Dec-31-69 06:00 PM

I watched it. I thought they both had some great answers (Hillary's "It took a Clinton to clean up after a Bush last time..." and Barack's "I think Hillary would be on anyone's short list" - I really thought for a second he was going to just offer her a cabinet position right then LOL!) and it sure was a breath of fresh air to see politicians who speak in complete sentences, with multi-syllabic words, and enjoy intellectual discourse.

Hillary comes across to me as more experienced, and also more "slick". She strikes me as a liar and a 100% politician. Obama was charming and ingratiating, but had no real substance. He comes off as a lovely shell with nothing underneath. And in the end, I saw no substantive difference between the two.

It goes without saying that either of them would be a vast improvement over any of the Republican candidates.

If I had to pick, I'd say Hillary won the debate, even with her flubbing over the IWR thing. She was smooth and practiced, and never looses her cool, which I like. I also like her laugh, although I know a lot of people don't. She's very likable, isn't she? It's worrisome, because I don't think she can be trusted. But she's charming as hell and certainly seems to have all the answers.

I still think Obama may be able to win the general more easily than Hillary. Although at this point, I'm concerned about either of them beating McCain.

Who won, DU?

Poll question: >>>So in your opinion, who won the debate last night?>>>>