thank you!!

I was lucky enough to catch them live in the exmilitary era and it was awesome

I watched the entire thing. I feel dumber and less informed now than I was before watching. My conclusion: both candidates should be gently placed in a field and set upon by dogs or perhaps wolves.

I did notice one thing - in terms of correcting outright bullshit when possible and asking decent questions I thought the moderation was considerably better than the Biden-Trump one and it did not matter at all, because both candidates were doing the “answer the question you wish they’d asked” thing everyone has now internalized as the least risky way to handle these things. Harris did a slightly different version of this where she adds a “I’m gonna tackle that point by point” type preamble before not doing that.

OTOH at least two “Squad” members still backing him (AOC and Pressley)