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Rather Glib Report
What Scherer missed was the outpouring of passion and compassion from the whole range of candidates.
They could not have been more different en bloc from the GOP candidates, each of whom tried to be more macho and punitive than the next. The discussion of Darfur was particularly important and strong last night, with several candidates having been to the refugee camp where a video question was filmed.
The Democrats offered as a group an entirely humanistic vision of how to govern and what individuals mean; the GOP in its forums has offered fear, threats, and punishment. Yes, the format isn't conducive to substantive enough discussion, even this new format, but the stark differences between the parties are being thrown into very high relief.