.MaddowBlog: In Democratic debate, presidential hopefuls put substance first.
Nearly four years ago, 10 Republican presidential hopefuls gathered for their first primary debate of the cycle, and I spent a little time yesterday afternoon reviewing how it went. The event was worse than I’d remembered.
Nearly four years later, 10 Democratic presidential hopefuls gathered for their first primary debate – the first half of a two-night gathering – and the differences between the parties was hard to miss. Mother Jones’ Tim Murphy’s big-picture take was very much in line with my own: Quite right. It’s exactly how the process of choosing a major-party presidential nominee is supposed to work, with a heavy emphasis on substance, governing priorities, and policy visions.
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