The Ideas Weren’t the Freshest, But the Democratic Debate Was a Clear Win for Hillary Clinton
In the world of politics before Donald Trump came to save us from rational discourse, most debates were stately, inconclusive affairs. Oh, there would be an occasional zinger or oops moment. There were campaigns that died or came to life on the stage, but for the most part debates, especially in the preprimary months, ratified what already was. This was especially true in years when there was a political consensus among the candidates, as there was in the first Democratic debate of the 2016 cycle. It was an engaging debate, and a serious one, but no barns were burned, moderators insulted, hair sprayed stiff or set on fire. Hillary Clinton won, but not by default.
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“Most people expect that a Republican and Democrat couldn’t possibly get along in this day and age,” says George W. Bush. And yet, the former U.S. President shared, earlier this month, a sofa with his predecessor, Bill Clinton, to talk to TIME magazine’s Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. The Bush-Clinton bond is tighter than expected, and it started with a private letter from George H. W. Bush left for Clinton as he took office. It read: “You will be our President when you read this note. I am rooting hard for you.” Bush 43 talks about how instructive that moment was: his father gracious in defeat, Clinton humble in victory. The actual family friendship began a decade later when the younger Bush sent Clinton and his father traveling the world to raise relief funds for victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami and then after Hurricane Katrina. Read the full story in this week’s issue of TIME magazine and find out how this photo, by Mark Seliger for TIME, was taken on lightbox.time.com. #bush #clinton #politics http://ift.tt/1LFKKjQ
TIME’s new cover: Game of Thrones. Inside the most surprising couple in politics. Mark Seliger for TIME http://ift.tt/1VA2phE
TIME’s new cover: Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Warren? How she’ll shape the 2016 race. Photograph by Marco Grob for TIME http://ift.tt/1fr2vrB
