I had the honor of attending the memorial service for a wonderful woman and the mother of two dear friends tonight. It was obviously a sad gathering of mourners, but it was done with the right balance of seriousness, reflection, celebration, and even fun. To me, if you can honestly say you had a good time at a memorial service, then it’s been done well.
I didn’t get a chance to watch the Democratic debate, and I don’t regret that in the slightest. I have had a chance to watch some of the post-debate spin on cable news and also to read a little of the live-blogging that was done.
It seems as if Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee didn’t do much for their respective causes. Martin O’Malley is getting good reviews accompanied by assurances that it won’t make the slightest difference.
Most of the coverage is focused on Clinton and Sanders who both are getting positive feedback. Supposedly, the questions are whether Sanders did anything to expand his base of support and whether Clinton did enough to quench the thirst for a Joe Biden candidacy.
It’s your predictable shallow response that ignores the substance of what the candidates actually said.
But I’ve learned from hard experience that these debates are won after the fact by how the media portrays them. So, these post-debate narratives are probably more important than the actual debates.
This is especially true when the debates are cleverly scheduled to conflict with Major League playoff baseball.
So, I get it. There was a debate. Bernie said that the email scandal is bullshit and enough already.
He gets points for graciousness and honesty and Hillary gets points for getting let off the hook. Call it a tie, and let’s start handicapping the next debate!
