Hofstra University POTUS debate at 9pm ET **live commentary thread**

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Leak: Question 1 is:
"Secretary Clinton, you recently were diagnosed with pneumonia and has to take a week off the trail after collapsing during a ceremony.  This came after repeated assertions from you and your staff that you were in perfect health.  Can the American people rely on you to tell the truth about something as critical as your health?"

I'm not sure how she answers it.

Very easy.

"Everybody can fall sick on occasion. I am no superhuman and no different from anybody else in thsi respect. It was an infection in my office that I caught. It is done and over with. I am generally in perfect health: that statement was true when it was made and is true today."

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Students in class today asked to be let out early, so that they could watch the debate (it was broadcast in the main auditorium and in a few classrooms). Since it was political economy, I let them go. But I myself could not force myself to watch.

Happy to hear HRC did well.

[ag]

Students in class today asked to be let out early, so that they could watch the debate (it was broadcast in the main auditorium and in a few classrooms). Since it was political economy, I let them go. But I myself could not force myself to watch.

Happy to hear HRC did well.

I wish I had you as a professor/teacher/whatever title you prefer.

Thank you (all flustered).