Which is it, Trump? "Hardball" (after the CNN debate last month) or "softball" (this past Tuesday)?

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COMMENTS: 
*  The questions were valid and only seemed easy because Sec. Clinton was prepared to answer them.
*  Maybe Trump should go after the Benghazi panel. Did you ask Hillary any tough questions because Hillary made it look easy. Say what you will about Hillary, she knows how to debate and is one tough broad.
*  I don't care who has tougher moderators, I want tough candidates. If your moderator is tough, all the better for you to show off how cool headed and strong you are rather than whining like a little *****.
*  With all the crybaby GOP candidates, they don't need moderators, they need babysitters!
*  The difference is simple. When they ask Hillary tough questions and attack her personally she eats them for lunch. When they ask the GOP, they whine and cry. LOL
*  Republicans can't win on the issues so they have to blame the media and manufacture scandals (Benghazi).
*  Hillary Clinton recently endured 11 hours of well scripted "gotcha" questions by some of the most rabid conservatives on Capitol Hill without flinching, but 10 republican candidates complain about a shared 2 hour debate being unfair? I think we know who the losers are.
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Anderson Cooper drops a hammer on Donald Trump after being accused of going easy on Hillary Clinton
By Colin Campbell, November 4, 2015

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper called out Donald Trump on his show Tuesday night after the Republican presidential candidate accused Cooper of lobbing "softballs" during the first Democratic presidential debate.

Cooper noted that Trump praised his "tough" and "firm" moderating the day after the CNN debate last month. He then played a clip from Tuesday afternoon, when Trump said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't get tough enough questions at the event.

"Hillary Clinton was given all softballs," Trump said. "I mean, she wasn't asked one tough question."

Cooper seemed puzzled.

"Not one tough question, he said," the anchor repeated. "Now, keeping him honest, he's actually right. We didn't ask Hillary Clinton one tough question. We actually asked her a lot more than that. Here are a few examples."

Cooper then played a rapid-fire highlight reel of him grilling Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, at the debate.

Watch Cooper firing back at Trump below:

#Trump on #DemDebate: @HillaryClinton "wasn't asked one tough question.” @andersoncooper is Keeping Them Honest https://t.co/IhJqYFtrgX
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) November 4, 2015

The Cooper questions:

• "You were against same-sex marriage, now you're for it. You defended President Obama's immigration policies, now you say they're too harsh. You supported his trade deal dozens of times, you even called it 'the gold standard,' now suddenly last week you're against it. Will you say anything to get elected?"
• "You are going to be testifying before Congress next week about your emails. For the last eight months, you haven't been able to put this issue behind you. You dismissed it. You joked about it. You called it a mistake. What does that say about your ability to handle far more challenging crises as president?"
• "In all candor, you and your husband are part of the 1%. How can you credibly represent the views of the middle class?"
• "You spearheaded the 'reset' with Russia. Did you underestimate the Russians? And as president, what would your response to Vladimir Putin be right now in Syria?"
• "What would you do for African-Americans in this country that President Obama couldn't?"
• "Do you change your political identity based on who you're talking to?"

To be fair, Trump clarified what he meant during a contentious Wednesday morning interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo. Trump said he was simply comparing the Democrats' CNN debate with last week's CNBC Republican debate.

At the CNBC event, which was widely criticized by the Republican field, Trump's first question was about whether he was running a ridiculous "comic book" presidential campaign. A moderator said in a follow-up that Trump would have a better chance at "flying away from that podium by flapping your arms" than balancing the deficit with his tax plan.

"I thought Anderson Cooper did a great job," Trump told Cuomo. "But they weren't tough like [ours]. And ours weren't even questions. They were statements given over by the moderators."
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