Iowa watchers split on who won Democratic debate
Source: Des Moines Register
Asked if corporate America should love her, Hillary Clinton answered with a confident smile: "Everybody should."
It was one of the best lines Saturday night in the third Democratic presidential debate, according to a handful of undecided college-age caucusgoers who weighed in on the performances for The Des Moines Register.
"This definitely highlighted exactly what this debate seemed to be about: Hillary Clinton," said Jessica Lynk, a 19-year-old Drake University student from Arlington Heights, Ill., who will be caucusing for the first time.
"I guess it was funny, but it was also awkward," said John Wingert, 20, of San Antonio, Texas, who is studying political science, international relations and German at Drake.
By the debate's end, the college-age debate watchers were split on who won. But on a night when all three candidates were credited by many national politics watchers with doing well, the lack of a big moment is typically thought to leave the advantage with the current front-runner: Clinton.
Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/12/20/iowans-react-to-democratic-debate/77646802/
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lobodons
(1,290 posts)Once again, the American people won tonight's debate with the Democratic party showcasing the adults in the room.
former9thward
(33,424 posts)The DNC deliberately put on debate on Saturday night which is the least watched night on TV. They did very little to publicize it. The fewer that watch the better for the front runner.
zentrum
(9,869 posts)Because DWS and the DNC scheduled this debate on one of the least watched night of the year. The Saturday before Xmas is the very day most people were much too busy to watch.
Every MSM media outlet has been commenting for days about how the Democratic debates are being scheduled for nights in which the viewership will be suppressed.
DWS is preventing the Democratic message from getting out. The Republican debates are receiving 3x's the viewership, in part, because they follow a better schedule.
Anyone who watched would be impressed but most were at Holiday parties, etc. and not in a serious 3 hour debate-watch mood less than 7 days before Xmas.
It's scandalous.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)And of course most people are stressed from the work week and the last thing they want to do on a Saturday night is to watch a debate. The are out on the town, recuperating.
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tecelote
(5,153 posts)She got center stage in three debates, the most questions and the most time to talk.
This is the way America is. The chosen ones get the best and we're supposed to feel lucky we even have a spot on stage.
bulloney
(4,113 posts)Can it be more obvious? Around where I live, you were doing one of three things last night: Attending a Christmas party, Christmas shopping, or attending a local high school basketball game.
The fewer people who hear O'Malley and Sanders, the better for Clinton. Voters can then hear the spin given by the media the next day, which will be pro-Clinton, based on how they've spun the previous debates.
PosterChild
(1,307 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
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postulater
(5,075 posts)Banks can't like people. Some bankers probably do. Some don't.
Not all bankers are assholes. But I want to vote for the candidate that the asshole bankers don't like.
beltanefauve
(1,784 posts)Corporations are people, my friend!
book_worm
(15,951 posts)because Sanders campaign has been saying they are the ones who are winning younger voters and new voters.
PosterChild
(1,307 posts).... for younger voters. That is significant support compared to the older segments, but not the overwhelming support bernie's supporters claim and/or imagine .
Elmer S. E. Dump
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raouldukelives
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Gregorian
(23,867 posts)I'm completely surprised at America's embrace of Bernie. An even race is beyond my wildest dream. Maybe someday the message will actually get through to everyone, and they'll stop believing the hype.
First you have to know what the hype is. Step one. Haha. I think it's a three step program in dehyping.
William Seger
(11,944 posts)Thanks for the insightful synopsis, Des Moines Register. 
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)But sadly, yes...clever one-liners are usually all anyone remembers about these events. Which is why I refuse to watch them and why I won't even dignify them by calling them "debates". They are nothing of the kind, whether Democrats or Republicans are holding them.
xocet
(4,301 posts)How many just went out because it was a Saturday night?
Note:
The debate on Nov. 14, 2015 was on tv at the same time as Iowa was playing their football rival, the University of Minnesota.
The debate on Dec. 19, 2015 was on tv as the second half of the Iowa State-UNI basketball game was being played.
Both of these debates were on Saturday nights.
The debate on Jan. 17, 2016 is on a Sunday night in the midst of a holiday weekend. UI will start that week on Tuesday. ISU and UNI will have started their semesters the week before the debate. (Will students prefer watching the Democratic debate or will they choose to take advantage of one the first two weekends back at school to go hang out with their friends?)
All of this limits the number of potential voters who might watch the Democratic debates and be convinced to support the Democratic Party.
President Obama should ask Rep. Wasserman Schultz to resign. Her leadership is bad for the Democratic Party. It seems as if she is intentionally limiting debate exposure in the state that is first to caucus.
paleotn
(21,081 posts)...did the "Everyone should" (love her) line remind me of this?....
Just asking.
