ABC Democratic Debate: Live Coverage

My debate haiku: The third Dem debate Was feisty, but not unkind Civil disagreement

Favorite moment: Sanders saying how much fun he was having. I think he actually was, Friday data breach aside. I think the back-and-forth on intervention in Syria, where the candidates got into specifics on what an increased U.S. presence there might look like, was pretty important. But I agree that there’s not much of a lasting effect.

Lasting effects: not many. Clinton demonstrated again that she’s very good at this. Sanders had maybe his sharpest performance among the debates so far, but with this debate taking place on a Saturday night before Christmas and him talking mostly from his playbook, he probably isn’t going to find many new converts.