CNN Flint, MI Democratic debate @8pm ET **live commentary thread**

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

My God, the issue is getting them through lower school even BEFORE we get them into college.

He really is out of the depth on policy details.

[RightBehind]

Bernie's tuition free public college plan could've been paid for for the next 28 years with the money spent on the Iraq War.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Bernie's tuition free public college plan could've been paid for for the next 28 years with the money spent on the Iraq War.

BTW - wouldn't that require agreement with the states, since they're the ones who control College tuition in THEIR public institutions?

[RightBehind]

Bernie's tuition free public college plan could've been paid for for the next 28 years with the money spent on the Iraq War.

BTW - wouldn't that require agreement with the states, since they're the ones who control College tuition in THEIR public institutions?

So you think they couldn't do that? We have money for war but not for education or infrastructure?

[The Other Castro]

We'll see if this strategy from Sanders pays off in Michigan on Tuesday. Probably not, but I guess we'll find out.

[Gass3268]

Sanders probably just raised another 10 million dollars there, lol!

[Gass3268]

Mental health funding for Republicans!

[The Free North]

"Secretary Clinton are you bought and paid for by special interests"

"Were better than the Republicans!"

[Admiral Kizaru]

lol that was a great joke from Sanders.

[user12345]

"We are gonna invest a lot in mental health, &if you watched the Republican debate, you'll know why!"

[DrScholl]

Sanders did good with that mental health dig at Republicans

[user12345]

These purge commercials are hilarious.

[Xing]

Well, I'm glad the debate has gotten more civil.

[The Other Castro]

At least we can all come together when it comes to Republican jokes. The general will be nice.

[RightBehind]

"We are gonna invest a lot in mental health, &if you watched the Republican debate, you'll know why!"

He's not wrong.

In all seriousness, since the politicians bought out by the gun lobby don't want to do anything when there's a mass shooting, why not prioritize mental health services? I mean they do nothing on gun reform. They cut mental health services, then people ask how this happened or why no one saw anything.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Bernie's tuition free public college plan could've been paid for for the next 28 years with the money spent on the Iraq War.

BTW - wouldn't that require agreement with the states, since they're the ones who control College tuition in THEIR public institutions?

So you think they couldn't do that? We have money for war but not for education or infrastructure?

Honestly, no. That would require the Federal Government not only agreeing to the policy, but then negotiations with each and every state government to get it done. I'm not sure how familiar you are with inter-governmental agreements... but it's a big part of the my job. Sanders' policy is all about the aspiration without a real plan of how it works. I remember Clinton making that exact point during a debate, and Sanders tried to suggest that Clinton didn't care about tuition, which was pretty indicative of the Sanders policy approach.

It's a train-wreck.

It's not about what I think SHOULD be the case, but how it happens. Which is why I'm not a Bernie supporter... I suppose.

[Xing]

More email nonsense? Jesus...

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LOL

[Oak Hills]

"Do you think God is relevant?" What kind of question is that?

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Go away Denise.

[Xing]

Well, you guys wanted him to talk about his Judaism...

[RightBehind]

Bernie's tuition free public college plan could've been paid for for the next 28 years with the money spent on the Iraq War.

BTW - wouldn't that require agreement with the states, since they're the ones who control College tuition in THEIR public institutions?

So you think they couldn't do that? We have money for war but not for education or infrastructure?

Honestly, no. That would require the Federal Government not only agreeing to the policy, but then negotiations with each and every state government to get it done. I'm not sure how familiar you are with inter-governmental agreements... but it's a big part of the my job. Sanders' policy is all about the aspiration without a real plan of how it works. I remember Clinton making that exact point during a debate, and Sanders tried to suggest that Clinton didn't care about tuition, which was pretty indicative of the Sanders policy approach.

It's a train-wreck.

It's not about what I think SHOULD be the case, but how it happens. Which is why I'm not a Bernie supporter... I suppose.

A Wall Street speculation tax could pay for that.

[The Other Castro]

Who let a religious person in here? This is a debate for the Democratic Party!

[Xing]

No, God isn't relevant to government. America is not a theocracy. Next.

[RightBehind]

Is God relevamt?

The Constitutional right to worship a God is relevant. Any one God that a candidate believes or doesn't believe in/whether it does or doesn't influence their policy decisions isn't relevant.