What Went Down At The Univision Democratic Debate

The “auto bailout,” or more specifically the $80 billion in funds provided to General Motors and Chrysler by the federal government, came out of the TARP program, which also provided bailouts to major financial institutions. According to the Congressional Budget Office, a total of $80 billion was loaned to the auto industry. But all of that has since been paid back or written off by the Treasury. The real amount that the auto bailout cost the taxpayers, according to the CBO’s estimates, was $12 billion.

Tonight’s moderators — chiefly Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos of Univision, sitting with Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post — are leading the race so far for successfully cutting off candidates who go over their time, as well as the race in asking follow-ups when candidates don’t answer specific questions.

Earlier I raised the question of whether there’d be pushback against the comparisons between guest worker programs and slavery. Apparently there was some, judging from my Twitter feed. Here are a few tweets with an opposing points-of-view: https://twitter.com/angelcintronjr/status/707758821314265088