Notepads out, pencils in-hand, and water at the ready, a pack of Democratic presidential candidates did battle last night in the first nationally televised debate of the primary.
There were no mentions of little hands, no personal insults, and not much entertainment (Donald Trump after all wasn’t part of the show), but there were plenty of generalities, talking points, and soliloquies. The two-hour debate was quite frankly a boring affair, with the more low-profile, desperate candidates trying to get the attention of the moderators like an elementary school student tries to impress the teacher.
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There was Elizabeth Warren at centre stage, the professor with a plan for every single problem America faces. There was Cory Booker, the senator from New Jersey who tried throughout the night to get Americans to remember their better angels.
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