Last Night's Debate

I was only able to catch parts of it, but based on what I saw, it's pretty hard to argue with Steve Benen's take on last night's Democratic Debate:

Republicans must have been discouraged by Clinton’s strong showing, but I hope they also noticed how much better last night’s debate was than anything the GOP candidates have shown in their events. On every front, the exchanges in Las Vegas showed Democratic candidates better prepared, more substantive, and more knowledgeable than their far-right counterparts.

During the debate, Politico’s Glenn Thrush noted on Twitter, “The level of discourse - nuance of discussion – compared to the GOP debates? Not even close.” The Washington Post’s Dave Weigel added soon after, “[W]atching this debate after slogging through all the Trump debates is like moving from kindergarten into grad school.”

Hillary Clinton won big last night. Republicans lost.

I assumed the whole thing would be boring, but the parts I saw were lively and entertaining. Bernie coming to Hillary's defense on the whole GOP Benghaaazi!/email fuckery was obviously the highlight of the night. I liked that moment because it showed party unity, something that is obviously missing in the GOP right now.