Morning Jolt: These Bad and Boring Debates

On the menu today is just a big review of why last night's debate was pretty terrible — not for partisan or ideological reasons, but for the way it offered the viewers watching at home the soothing balm that the next president won't face any truly difficult decisions — and a reminder that we were supposed to be in Armageddon by now.

These Are Bad Debates

I'm not a fan of these debates, and I don't think it's just because I'm not a Democrat.

On foreign policy, the default answer of every Democratic candidate is always: "we need to work with our allies." As a slogan, that's fine as far as it goes, but anybody who has paid attention to foreign policy knows that our allies don't always want to do what we want to do. Back in 2015, the New York Times reported that even before the Iran deal was signed, "European leaders and executives were heading to the airport to restart trade with an Iranian market described in almost feverish terms as 'an El Dorado' and potential 'bonanza.'" ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 15 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 15 2020 These Bad and Boring Debates On the menu today is just a big review of why last night's debate was pretty terrible — not for partisan or ideological reasons, but for the way it offered the viewers watching at home the soothing balm that the next president won't face any truly difficult decisions — and a reminder that we were supposed to be in Armageddon by now. These Are Bad Debates I'm not a fan of these debates, and I don't think it's just because I'm not a Democrat. On foreign policy, the default answer of every Democratic candidate is always: "we need to work with our allies." As a slogan, that's fine as far as it goes, but anybody who has paid attention to foreign policy knows that our allies don't always want to do what we want to do. Back in 2015, the New York Times reported that even before the Iran deal was signed, "European leaders and executives were heading to the airport to restart trade with an Iranian market described in almost feverish terms as 'an El Dorado' and potential 'bonanza.'" ...   READ MORE

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