CBS Des Moines, Iowa Democratic debate @9pm ET **live commentary thread**

[kansasdemocrat]

ISIS apologist calls to defund our military and remove our only means of fighting ISIS: our nuclear arsenal.

AMAZING! I never thought an elected politician would activate such a position.

please stop with this 'ISIS apologist' trolling

Not sure how ISIS apologist is trolling? It's the truth about Sanders....

[MasterJedi]

All three of them are oh so uncomfortable talking about this subject. And all basically pro-intervention/war now after using it against Republicans the last 8 years.

Bernie looks like he's going to fall over at any time. His speech is mushy and every time Clinton speaks you can see him acting like "omg I can't believe she said that". If they want to sink him, just show his reactions to everything Clinton says and he would seem totally unpresidential.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Clinton winning so far. O'Malley second best.

[Landslide Lyndon]

@davidaxelrod

.@HillaryClinton seems trapped between being candidate and a responsible potential president.  Solid answers. Not necessarily winning ones.

[Blue3]

Can't believe O'Malley decided to become the most hawkish

[Lyin' Steve]

ISIS apologist calls to defund our military and remove our only means of fighting ISIS: our nuclear arsenal.

AMAZING! I never thought an elected politician would activate such a position.

please stop with this 'ISIS apologist' trolling

Not sure how ISIS apologist is trolling? It's the truth about Sanders....

God damn dude you're like a third grader out on the blacktop.
"Poop eater!  Poop eater!  Hey poop eater!  Can you hear me, poop eater!  Hey anyone want poop eater on their team?"
"Can you stop?"
"What's wrong?  It's the truth, you like to eat poop, poop eater."

[Pyro]

It's pretty incredible remembering that this is the same party which seemed so vehemently against war in the Middle East in 2004 and 2008. Totally different policies being talked about now.

They were against the Iraq War. They all supported Afghanistan.

Now they seem to be totally for going back into Iraq to fight a different terrorist group, no?

[kansasdemocrat]

CLINTON only one with sensible answers that don't victim-blame and call spades spades.

[IceSpear]

They're seriously placing pundit analysis in the middle of the debate now? Jesus Christ.

[Lyin' Steve]

It's pretty incredible remembering that this is the same party which seemed so vehemently against war in the Middle East in 2004 and 2008. Totally different policies being talked about now.

They were against the Iraq War. They all supported Afghanistan.

Now they seem to be totally for going back into Iraq to fight a different terrorist group, no?

They're not opposed to Iraq as a place.  Most of them would say the Gulf War (in Iraq) was justified.

[Higgs]

Hillary Clinton says she can pay for her programs without raising the national debt, lol

[The Other Castro]

O'Malley's actually not doing so bad. In a 3 person race, I can see him surging a bit after this to high single digits.

[kansasdemocrat]

Why are we moving on to useless topics? Why can't we discuss how CLINTON is going to keep us from getting blown up by the moslems?

[Pyro]

Looks like that's it for foreign policy. Sanders seemed totally out of his league.
If this debate is going to be remembered for anything, it'll be Sanders handing the argument to Clinton.

[IceSpear]

This is painfully boring.

We've been spoiled by the Jerry Springer GOP debates...I'm almost wishing we still had Chafee and Webb up there for comic relief.

[kansasdemocrat]

Why is the SOCIALIST advocating redistribution?

What a joke. Disgusting anti-success candidate.

[Comrade Funk]

Hillary has won the debate and the primary. It's over.

Also, she's the most presidential in this election. The Republicans are jokes. All of them including the "moderates" such as Rubio/Bush

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Is it just me or is Sanders doing terribly right now?

[IceSpear]

LOL at the Eisenhower comment.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Damn, Sanders called Eisenhower a socialist. Interesting.

[Col. Roosevelt]

This is painfully boring.

We've been spoiled by the Jerry Springer GOP debates...I'm almost wishing we still had Chafee and Webb up there for comic relief.

+1. This is a snooze fest.

Interesting though, both the GOP and Democratic Debates bring up Eisenhower. Sanders' Ike's tax rate, Trump brought up Ike's immigration policies. We like Ike?

[Higgs]

Is it just me or is Sanders doing terribly right now?

Agreed, that one liner isn't gonna save him. Hillary will win another debate.

[kansasdemocrat]

Is it just me or is Sanders doing terribly right now?

Since he can't apologize for ISIS right now, he doesn't have much left to say

[Pyro]

Sanders much better with economic issues, but not sure if it's enough to recover.

[yankeesfan]

O'Malley's actually not doing so bad. In a 3 person race, I can see him surging a bit after this to high single digits.

I can't. No one is watching this.