Dem Vegas Debate on 11/15

Over the past few years at CU and in journalism school my interest in politics has dramatically increased. I am fairly familiar with those running for the democratic nomination for president, but no so familiar with those in the republican party.

I also recently realized I don't know much about the entire nomination, campaign process, nor do I really know much about the issues being debated. I have tried to render this problem by reading as much as I can about these topics and will continue to learn as much as I can about these things.

I think it is pretty clear that one thing I don't need to spend more time learning about/watching/discussing is sports.

So here are some quick thoughts I jotted down on my phone after watching the Democratic debate on 11/15.

Hillary seems like she has the most balanced opinions compared to the other Dems. She has the knowledge and history of what it means to be president coming from her time spent around Bill.

She also made one of the best points in this debate about the lack of knowledge or blatant disregard that GW has about/for the way our Gov. was set up to run by the founding fathers. Possibly the most overlooked flaw in his administration. What I mean by this is that I don't feel GW has the respect for the intricate system set up 200+ years ago. He hasn't studied history enough to know why it is so imperative to respect it. Or he and his administration are so obsessed with power that they just blatantly disregard the system's important workings and abuse them for their own power. One of his many flaws.

Barack truly wants to change this country. He actually cares about what happens and believes we can change our situation for the better. I think some of his thoughts and answers have been influenced too much by the magnitude of this whole process. I can't say that Hillary has the same genuine feeling and desire for change.

John Edwards seems like he is trying to catch up to someone, or make up ground on issues. Again I feel like he might be pushing a little bit, similar to Barack.

The other candidates have some great ideas but are too extreme in some other aspects to truly "appeal" in a presidential sense to the general population. Sad we don't use some of these ideas from men who truly want change.