ABC Democratic Debate: Live Coverage

This is a very different discussion about Libya than what Clinton will face in the general election. It’s going to be all Benghazi all the time. But this debate is providing the Democrats an opportunity to hold a more philosophical conversation about regime change.

Micah, to circle back to your question about Baltimore and O’Malley: I’m a Baltimore native — a proud Baltimore native. I think the city gets tarred with a brush of failure when, frankly, I dare anyone to do a quick turnaround on a city which dropped from a population of 1 million in 1950 to 600,000 now, with all of the vacant housing; and which is a stop on the global drug pipeline into the East Coast via its ports. I’m not judging whether O’Malley could have done more. And frankly, I believe Baltimore will be fine in the long run. It’s one of the last places for affordable (and often historically beautiful) real estate in the East Coast megalopolis. All of that said: O’Malley is not scoring any points for being from Baltimore.

Q: Do you think millennials will turn out to vote in this election like they did for Obama? — Rhonda Roots Barlow A: Rhonda, according to the Current Population Survey, the turnout rate by 18- to 24-year-olds was not significantly higher in 2008 than it was in 2004. And it was actually lower in 2012 than in 2004. My bet is that there isn’t a massive drop-off in turnout among millennials, if the election is close. I’d add that millennials will even see higher turnout in 2016 because more of them will be older, and voter turnout tends to go up with age.