PBS Milwaukee, WI Democratic debate @9pm ET **live commentary thread**

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There's no Dem debates in the next 25 days n by then you will have more than a dozen states voting, maybe the election would be over.

Very important. Sanders coming off a huge win & Clinton will bombard him with attacks!!!

Should be clutch. 1 of the hosts donated to the Clinton campaign btw few years back.

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There's no Dem debates in the next 25 days n by then you will have more than a dozen states voting, maybe the election would be over.

Very important. Sanders coming off a huge win & Clinton will bombard him with attacks!!!

Should be clutch. 1 of the hosts donated to the Clinton campaign btw few years back.

Correct, this is the last debate before Nevada, South Carolina, Super Tuesday, and IIRC Louisiana.  The stakes are enormous for both campaigns in this debate as a result.  The next debate will be in Flint, MI on Sunday, March 6.

And another on Mar 9th, in a way back to back with 1-2 states in between, none of whom are huge.

If Hillary sweeps the next 2 states & most of Super Tuesday, etc, it may well be almost over. Doubt the next debate will matter big.

And this could give Bernie some momentum into Nevada

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Loved Sanders answer on Death Penalty & North Korea. And 1 hour odd on Wall Street & discussion on Hillary's integrity means there is some problem.

I do think Hillary was very aggressive, overall above average & Bernie did underperform on Foreign Policy.

If in a debate where Bernie would get slaughtered the audience loudly boos Hillary, then I would rather take that debate

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Hillary Clinton doing bad IMO - hasn't added anything substantive so far & is playing the Obama card time & again. Obama this & Obama that.

She needs to be direct & give her own direct answers. Maybe I'm the only one who does not like constantly hugging Obama

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I am loving Hillary, she is like a classic Wrestling heel - A big negative & I don't think this will help her but I love the negative vibe I am getting & she seems really strong

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Sanders is completely pulling Clinton to the left. Even Hillary is saying I am looking at expanding Social Security.

This was the person who was pressurized to say she won't cut. Wow just wow, full change!

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I also thing that Central American Children line was fantastic from Sanders.


It is good for Dems that Sanders is dominating the agenda & bringing Clinton close to the progressive agenda

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Hillary - Obama Card again & again.

Sanders - I don't have a super pac & the campaign finance is rigged

Clinton - The Super PAC was Obama's, You are insulting Obama, don't insult Obama!

Incredibly stupid IMO

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Big loss for Hillary, she came across as very negative , attacked ridiculously, lost big on wall street, social security n Sanders was way better on immigration.

Her entire foreign policy judgement was wasted as she was too busy attacking Sanders rather than answering questions.

And it was ridiculous of her to say Obama time n again....I can't see what she gains out of it ?

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Bernie's closing statement goes to the core of his political philosophy.


Hillary's is just a list of policy positions.

One of the things that stuck with me from the 2008 campaign was Obama's constant reinforcement that, it's not about experience, or about what a person is promising you. It's about judgment, about where a person was when it counted. I'll always keep that in mind in campaigns going forward for the rest of my life. I trust Bernie's judgment, and because of many things from Hillary (her vote on Iraq being one) I can never trust her judgment. Ever.

His philosophy may not matter to Beet, but it matters to me.

Obama never came off as ignorant as foreign policy as Sanders does. Judgment works in more than one way. Sanders would definitely be capable of making major foreign policy errors. One vote doesn't mean that he is qualified to be in Commander in Chief.

If he wins the nomination, his lack of foreign policy chops will be a major problem.

Obama was a huge disaster in foreign policy. He could speak out only reaching out to nations till Feb, he got wide spread criticism, even bush came out n said this guy can't speak a word about foreign policy in Feb.

Obama only grew while he was fighting the general