October 15, 2015

Pundits and viewers don't agree on debate

Fair - A New York Times article by Alan Rappeport about who won last night’s Democratic presidential debate reported today that “Hillary Rodham Clinton was the clear victor, according to the opinion shapers in the political world (even conservative commentators).”

The Times quoted National Journal columnist Ron Fournier (“Hillary Clinton won,”, Slate writer Fred Kaplan (“She crushed it,”),  New Yorker staffer Ryan Lizza (“Hillary Clinton won because all of her opponents are terrible,” Twitter, Red State blogger Leon Wolf (“Hillary was (astonishingly) much more likable and personable than everyone’s favorite crazy socialist uncle,” pollster John Zogby (“Mrs. Clinton was just commanding tonight,” Forbes,  and conservative radio host Erick Erickson (“I’m still amazed the other four candidates made Hillary Clinton come off as the likable, reasonable, responsible Democrat,” Twitter. If these so-called “opinion shapers in the political world” declare Hillary the winner, then Hillary must be the winner, according to the Times.What the Times and these pundits failed to mention is the fact that every online poll we could find asking web visitors who won the debate cast Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders as the winner—and not just by a small margins...

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hillary actually had this to say during the debate:
"I never took a position on Keystone until I took a position on Keystone."
Brilliant, nuanced quote, that. One has to admire the Clintonian style. Never took a position until I took a position---classic, right up there with "I never inhaled" and "It all depends on what your definition of is, is."

Walter F. Wouk said...

A discussion of the debates on my local radio station (WGY AM) began with the statement, can't we all agree that Bernie Sanders is not electable, followed by chatter about Clinton, Biden, and everyone but Bernie.