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From the Right
Bernie Thrills Base, But Hillary Outclasses Rivals in DebateAnd so it came to pass. Mrs. Clinton presented herself as the experienced, hyper-informed, trailblazing adult in the room throughout the evening, directing almost all of her verbal punches at Republicans. Only once did she directly attack one of her rivals: Bernie Sanders, (predictably) on gun control, perhaps the only issue on which she can credibly outflank him to the left. In spite of her hedging on in-state tuition for illegal immigrants and marijuana legalization, extremely weak answers on Libya and trade, and unresponsive dismissiveness on her burgeoning email scandal...
From the Left
More Than Anyone, Hillary Clinton Helped Herself In First Democratic DebateBoth of the leading Democrats probably helped themselves in their party's first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, held in Las Vegas and carried by CNN. But Hillary Clinton, the candidate with the most to lose, may have come away having gained the most.
From the Left
Hillary Clinton Passes Her First Major TestHillary passes her first October test -- and has momentum going into the upcoming ones: We've told you that October is an important month for Hillary Clinton and her presidential campaign. Well, she passed her first big October test on Tuesday night -- easily. And that performance gives her plenty of momentum going into her upcoming tests with the House Benghazi committee testimony and whatever Joe Biden decides to do. At last night's first Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looked good, and the rest of the field made her look...
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