The second debate has concluded and we are really no further along than when we began, we might be worse. It seemingly started well — we were able to get almost an hour of debate on each candidate’s plan for health care that highlighted critical distinctions in approaches. And then CNN went full Bravo and decided that fighting and one-liner comebacks were more important that presenting policy positions to inform the electorate. Welcome to 2016, the redux.
The Clear Winner in the Second Debate is…
The second debate has concluded and we are really no further along than when we began, we might be worse. It seemingly started well — we were able to get almost an hour of debate on each candidate’s plan for health care that highlighted critical distinctions in approaches. And then CNN went full Bravo and decided that fighting and one-liner comebacks were more important that presenting policy positions to inform the electorate. Welcome to 2016, the redux.