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2015 Democratic debate on CNN
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October 14, 2015
The debate showed why Hillary Clinton is vulnerable on Libya
One of Clinton's toughest challenges is convincing the Democratic base to nominate the primary candidate who is the most comfortable with the use of military force.
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October 14, 2015
The Democratic Party has come a long way on climate change, but CNN hasn’t
The issue is treated like an afterthought, yet again.
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October 14, 2015
Focus groups: Clinton lost the debate for being "tame." Sanders won because he's "strong."
But when Clinton tried to come on strong, guess what happened.
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October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton mentioned Obama 13 times during the debate. Here's why.
The most any other candidate did this was three times.
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October 14, 2015
One climate question that really should be asked at the debates
The EPA now has vast power over CO2 emissions. Let's hear what the candidates would do with it.
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October 14, 2015
DC insiders think Bernie Sanders lost the debate. Here's why they might be wrong.
Actual voters come with different background knowledge, and care about different things.
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October 14, 2015
One sentence that explains how Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton differ
Do we need new policies, or a new approach to politics?
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October 14, 2015
The 7 weirdest foreign policy moments from the 2015 Democratic debate
They're all pretty telling about the state of the Democratic primary.
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October 14, 2015
Martin O'Malley has done more than any other Democratic candidate to earn the NRA's hatred
Since his time as governor, O'Malley has taken a hard line on this issue.
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October 14, 2015
What they said vs what they really meant: Democratic debate on "America's greatest threat"
Why Clinton talked about nukes, Sanders about climate change, and Jim Webb, yet again, about China.
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October 14, 2015
The revealing way the Democratic candidates talked about Syria
The Syria answers say a lot about the state of the Democratic foreign policy conversation in 2015.
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October 14, 2015
Sanders is more liberal on marijuana than Clinton — and closer to the Democratic base
A big difference on drug policy arose during the debate.
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October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton silenced her critics
"She was poised, she was passionate, and she was in command," David Axelrod said of the former secretary of state's performance in Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate.
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October 14, 2015
The surprisingly entertaining first Democratic debate, explained
Hillary Clinton crushed a weak field of opponents.
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October 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton’s debate over capitalism, explained
This is one disagreement from the Democratic debate that’s worth paying attention to.
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October 13, 2015
The people the Democratic candidates are thrilled to have pissed off
Their answers about enemies they're proud to have were revealing.
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October 13, 2015
How Bernie Sanders's NRA grade stacks up against the other Democratic candidates'
Sanders gets a D-minus. What about the others?
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October 13, 2015
Hillary Clinton thrilled the crowd with her response to Anderson Cooper on email
"Do you want to respond?" "No."
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October 13, 2015
Bernie Sanders: Americans "are sick and tired of hearing about [Clinton's] damn emails"
Sanders came to Clinton's defense.
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October 13, 2015
Why it makes no sense to ask candidates if black lives or all lives matter
The two aren't supposed to be mutually exclusive. But they're being used that way anyway.
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October 13, 2015
Here's Jim Webb's bizarre China rant at the Democratic debate
It's so weird, and yet he got in a fight with Anderson Cooper over the right to say it.