ABC Manchester, NH Democratic debate @8pm ET **live commentary thread**

[bagelman]

O'Malley with a not so subtle age jibe.

The crowd with a not so subtle O'Malley gibe.

[Admiral Kizaru]

lol they're restarting without Clinton.

[Wells]

Where's Clinton?
(Comes in late to applause.)
"Sorry."
        - Hillary Clinton, 2016

[Lyin' Steve]

Hillary:  Everyone should LOVE me!!!!
Bernie:  Businesses will HATE me!!!!

[Wells]

Question: Should corporate America like Hillary Clinton?
Clinton: Everybody should.
Audience: applauseapplauseapplauseapplauseapplauseapplause

[YPestis25]

Martin O'Malley wouldn't know what socialism was if it hit him with a shovel.

[Lyin' Steve]

O'Malley looks like he's about to cry.

"The worst type of concentration, secretary Clinton, is the concentration of the big banks."
For a second I though he'd say the worst type of cnocentration is a concentration camp
I wasn't paying attention at all.

[Wells]

Sanders: "The CEOs of multinationals may like Hillary, but they ain't gonna like me.  And Wall Street even less."
FDR: "I welcome their hatred."

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omg hillary stahp

[Lyin' Steve]

I really hate the "who cares?  The differences we're arguing about are nothing compared to the differences between us and [the other party]" line that's taking off this year.

[Sorenroy]

I really hate the "who cares?  The differences we're arguing about are nothing compared to the differences between us and [the other party]" line that's taking off this year.

It's especially unhelpful in a primary. We know you are different from the candidates on the other side, that's why your not in the Republican Primary. Tell us what makes you unique on your side of the isle. If you are all the same why not just cast my vote at random?

[YPestis25]

Bernie really needs to get these statistics straight for his plan.

[Crumpets]

The guy talking now would be an excellent high-energy running mate for a third-party Jeb run.

[bagelman]

Sanders comes out against big fancy college football stadiums. I like football as much as anyone but I approve of his remark.

[Penelope]

"No middle class tax raises."

what a great strategy!!

[Lyin' Steve]

Sanders comes out against big fancy college football stadiums. I like football as much as anyone but I approve of his remark.

Don't the stadiums pay for themselves?  College football is a very profitable industry.
The UW football stadium is a prominent part of the western Lake Washington skyline.  It's usually packed and I'm confident it pays for itself and then some.

[Wells]

O'Malley making some good points on taxing the wealthy there.

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This commentator analysis in the middle of the debate is ridiculous. It was bad enough that they lied about when the debate started.

[Pyro]

Bernie is knocking this thing out of the park.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Lol the modertaters sure love cutting sanders off...he is doing pretty good regardless.

[Lyin' Steve]

This commentator analysis in the middle of the debate is ridiculous. It was bad enough that they lied about when the debate started.

Yeah and they really shouldn't have George Stephanopolous commenting on it as a neutral observer given that he was Bill Clinton's... press secretary?  Some position in the Clinton administration.
He knows where his bread is buttered.

[Wells]

13 "uh"'s in Hilary Clinton's last statement.
"Uh. . . ."
           - Hillary Clinton, 2016

[Lyin' Steve]

Man if I was a cop I would be so frustrated right now.  The police are an "oppressor force?"  OK Bernie.

[Wells]

This commentator analysis in the middle of the debate is ridiculous. It was bad enough that they lied about when the debate started.

If your talking about the 538 piece, the ABC stream does not show advertisements, rather it cuts to those other add ins (they also do live from a Hillary HQ and cutting to a studio in New Hampshire). If it's something else, please tell me, because my stream keeps cutting out.

They are doing analysis in the middle of the debate on TV. Can't they wait until after?

[Crumpets]

This commentator analysis in the middle of the debate is ridiculous. It was bad enough that they lied about when the debate started.

If your talking about the 538 piece, the ABC stream does not show advertisements, rather it cuts to those other add ins (they also do live from a Hillary HQ and cutting to a studio in New Hampshire). If it's something else, please tell me, because my stream keeps cutting out.

That last break, for example, George Stephanopoulos was brought on to do "real-time" analysis that was basically just the stuff they do at the end anyway.