First, let me join the chorus of complaints against the Democratic National Committee for scheduling a debate on Saturday night before Christmas. So I taped the debate and will be watching -- and commenting -- later. But I did spot this quote from Josh Marshall of TPM, who was live-blogging the debate:
"The debate over foreign policy in this debate is bracingly,
frighteningly substantive. The contrast between this conversation and
that from the Republican debate is simply amazing. It's not even a
matter of thinking the Democratic approaches are better than the
Republicans' (though obviously I believe they are); but here you have a
conversation based more on factual information than a kind of febrile
apocalypticism."
So, is this what the DNC is trying to hide from the public? How does this help the Democratic party, by hiding such a superior level of debate on a Saturday night?
Ralph
[Added after watching my recording of the debate: Not much to add to Josh Marshall's succinct summary above. There are some significant differences among the three, but they all seem minor in contrast to the Republicans' . . . I can't think of a better term than "febrile apocalypticism."]
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