- Tonight's Debate Winner: Martin O'Malley (Former Governor, Maryland)
- Worst Debate Performance: Lincoln Chafee (Former Governor, Rhode Island)
- Still has work to do to appeal to ALL Democrats: Hillary Clinton (Former Secretary of State)
- Great at Domestic Policy, but needs to step up on Foreign Policy: Bernie Sanders (Senator, Vermont)
- Biggest Whiner: Jim Webb (Former Senator, Virginia)
- First 2016 Democratic Candidate to Drop Out: Lincoln Chafee (Former Governor, Rhode Island)
Clinton played a lot of defense and didn't really dive into policy changes. She even dodged questions regarding her flipping of issues like TPP and she didn't show much leadership against Wall Street. I think that will hurt her on her leadership. I was surprised she mentioned working with China to balance relations between the two countries. Sanders really needs to toughen up on the foreign policy and not mention calling on military action for a cleansing in Kosovo as history shows that was not ideal for Americans to have intervened.
O'Malley was the strong leader in tonight's debate as he threw no punches and went toe-to-toe with Sanders and Clinton more than once. He defended his time in Maryland. Every time Clinton said something, he managed to slip in his point without being arrogant.
Chafee will be the first to drop out as he kept giving the excuse of being fresh on the job in Congress and not focusing on the task at hand. The American people need someone who will be ready on day one and not have a tutorial waiting for them once they get the key to the Oval Office. Also, Jim Webb was like the product of Carson & Trump with his constant "but the rules say this" and nagging of time…is this a foreshadowing of how you will act as President? A conflict arises and you're in the situation room and whine about not talking - You would be the President, you command the room…
Overall, good performance. More to come...
