Let's hope that the GOP watched this debate-- they would have seen how it should be done.

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COMMENTS: 
*  100% CORRECT ABOUT BEING MORE SOCIABLE THAN THE REPUBLICANS AND MORE CIVIL!!!
*  The Dem debate is exactly what a debate is supposed to be,a little edgy and about IDEAS, instead of the monkey poop fight the GOP sideshows are. I just want to go take a shower after 2 minutes of Trump, Cruz, and the rest of those con men.
*  these two candidates are definitely better on a maturity level than the entire gop crybaby brigade (i personally prefer sanders)  gop should learn from them that there is a way to respectfully disagree with one another.
*  i approve what all i've seen and heard of bernard sanders so far. i might not have made up my mind for him, but i like his debate skills and would want to see him again on the same stage.
*  Republicans keep calling hilary a liar.. It is funny how none of them minded bush and cheney lying about WMDs and killing 100K+ Civilians in iraq. I didn't see any of this sort of venom directed at bush by the Right wing.. Republicans just have no morals whatsoever.
*   It was a very informative and mostly issue-centered debate. The two highly respected candidates were very presidential in every aspect of their presentation as expected. Such a matured and detailed approach to discussing issues will certainly help voters to know their presidential candidates stand on topics being talked about.
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Bernie and Hillary end first solo debate with love fest
February 4, 2016

Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton knocked each other around Thursday in their first one-on-one debate of the 2016 season, but ultimately closed ranks behind the notion of keeping the White House in their party’s hands.

Sanders spent much of the evening arguing that he was the true standard-bearer for the Democratic Party, hammering the former secretary of state over her ties to Wall Street and vote in favor of the war in Iraq. Clinton focused her energies largely on defending her progressive bona fides, while arguing that the Vermont independent was putting ideological purity on a pedestal above pragmatic proposals that could actually become reality.

But by the end of their MSNBC encounter, the two candidates closed ranks.

It started when moderator Chuck Todd asserted that Clinton did not think Sanders could be president. She looked genuinely surprised, and said, “I never said that,” then brushed aside his follow-up about whether she might pick Sanders as a running mate if she wins the party’s nomination.

“ Well, I’m certainly going to unite the party, but I’m not getting ahead of myself. I think that would be a little bit presumptuous,” Clinton said. “If I’m so fortunate as to be the nominee, the first person I will call to talk to about where we go and how we get it done will be Sen. Sanders.”

Todd tried the question on Sanders.

“I agree with what the secretary said. We shouldn’t be getting ahead of ourselves,” the Vermont senator replied. ”And as I have said many times, you know, sometimes in these campaigns, things get a little bit out of hand. I happen to respect the secretary very much, I hope it’s mutual. And on our worst days, I think it is fair to say we are 100 times better than any Republican candidate.” 

Clinton agreed, declaring “That’s true, that’s true.”
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