Well…since I watched through the entire debate (with a few flicks over to see how the Wings were doing), I think it’s a good idea to do a postmortem on what I thought of it…to get this first thing out of the way…that the media thought that it would not be interesting and that no one would watch was just plain wrong…15 million people tuned in and what they got was an interesting debate that certainly clarified where each candidate stands on the issues…I was a little disappointed that there were some attacks by the candidates on each other…something they should just leave to the repubs…but, for the most part,  they stuck to the issues and really clarified how they are different from the repubs…from gun control, to income equality, to infrastructure, these candidates set out what is different between them and the repubs…the dems think of what is possible and made it clear that the repubs only think in terms that everything that should be done to make the US a better is impossible…that we can’t afford it…when every other industrialized country can afford paid family leave…healthcare for all, and keeping their infrastructure current…and the only reason we don’t do it is that the repubs are giving the country away to the rich…there was not a more stark difference between the two parties that could have been shown and I am glad these candidates had the guts to say it…they are never going to get the right to vote for them so why pander to the crazies on the right?  I will say that there are two of the five that were ont he stage that should not make the next debate…Jim Webb showed that he is basically a republican that is calling himself a democrat and is way too far to the right for the progressives…and Lincoln Chaffee who is just too mild mannered with no fire that you need to get through the general. As you know, Bernie Sanders is my favorite here..whose populist ideas to me are just what this country needs right now…but, Hillary Clinton did well, too and would eat any of the repubs alive in a debate…the surprise of the night was Martin O’Malley who started to show that he deserved to be there and would be viable alternative to the two frontrunners.  All in all, it was a good night for the dems and I look forward to debate number two…more substance forAmerica is just what we need.