Clear win for Sanders and it will solidify things for his fans. The biggest question isn't so much what Democrats think of him but rather what Republicans (i.e. Goldwater variety) think about him. You know without asking the Tea Party will hate all of it. Is it conceivable he will sway dissatisfied Republicans since it's tough to believe they would support Clinton.
Clinton sounded vague on some things and dead wrong on others (e.g. Patriot Act). It probably won't shake the boob loyalists but it may have surprised others. Yep, she did play the boobvantage ... several times. Gad.
O'Malley made a surprisingly credible show of it but still wound up in third place.
Chafee sounded good a few times but generally sounded weak.
Webb is a dead loss for Democrats. He's not a Democrat, not even close.
One of Sanders' major points was elimination of wholesale NSA surveillance. No-one questions what good all the surveillance does when it fails altogether to detect people going wild with guns even when they announce such things online, as frequently seems to happen.
Sanders' specific mention of taxation for Wall Street speculation is a point of direction agreement with a Republican (i.e. Goldwater variety) in that such speculation unfairly warps the market.
Clinton calls herself 'progressive' but that's only true relative to Republicans. She's way too vague on what she will do about banking and specifically Glass-Steagal (i.e. the law which prevented banks from engaging in business with securities, banks too big too fail, etc). Sanders gets a big score in observing Bill Clinton is the one who signed legislation to thwart Glass-Steagal.
Clinton also gave no limit to what she would do in bringing Edward Snowden back home whereas Sanders said he agreed Snowden had violated law but the judgment needs to reflect the importance of the awareness Snowden brought to the American people of illegal activity by the government.
Clinton sounded vague on some things and dead wrong on others (e.g. Patriot Act). It probably won't shake the boob loyalists but it may have surprised others. Yep, she did play the boobvantage ... several times. Gad.
O'Malley made a surprisingly credible show of it but still wound up in third place.
Chafee sounded good a few times but generally sounded weak.
Webb is a dead loss for Democrats. He's not a Democrat, not even close.
One of Sanders' major points was elimination of wholesale NSA surveillance. No-one questions what good all the surveillance does when it fails altogether to detect people going wild with guns even when they announce such things online, as frequently seems to happen.
Sanders' specific mention of taxation for Wall Street speculation is a point of direction agreement with a Republican (i.e. Goldwater variety) in that such speculation unfairly warps the market.
Clinton calls herself 'progressive' but that's only true relative to Republicans. She's way too vague on what she will do about banking and specifically Glass-Steagal (i.e. the law which prevented banks from engaging in business with securities, banks too big too fail, etc). Sanders gets a big score in observing Bill Clinton is the one who signed legislation to thwart Glass-Steagal.
Clinton also gave no limit to what she would do in bringing Edward Snowden back home whereas Sanders said he agreed Snowden had violated law but the judgment needs to reflect the importance of the awareness Snowden brought to the American people of illegal activity by the government.
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