If there was a "winner," it was Nate Bronstein. Not necessarily because he was superior on the issues, but because he was the most skilled debater. He really impressed me though. None of the candidates hurt themselves.
They all performed about as well as expected. They seemed a little nervous on camera, except for Nate. Anthony certainly held his own, and Seth had some interesting points. Nirvana talked too quickly sometimes, but she did seem to have a pretty good grasp of the job of President.
What did the viewers learn? Not a whole lot, I'm afraid. We learned that they all support CERF, and want to get students more involved. No details on how they plan to do any of that.
I was undecided coming in, and that has not changed. I am very curious to hear your thoughts. I know you have to log into your Google account to leave a comment, but that is not that big of a deal. Thanks brosephs.
I wasn't expecting much in the way of policy debate, but I was hoping to see a little more of the candidates contrasting themselves personally - I keep an even keel, I'm loyal, I'm the fucking energizer bunny, whatever - so there was some kind of branding.
ReplyDeleteI think that the chaos of the DQ and ensuing appeals left the candidates a little too fried to focus on prepping for the debate and a little too scarred to focus on conflict when they were ready for a little peace, but that's just me.
I think it would be great if The Eagle and ATV would do a Vice Presidential debate.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin'