Reaction to Democratic Town Hall.

So I was watching the Democratic town hall and here is my reaction.  Bernie Sanders was excellent with respect to his responses.  He knew what he had to say and said it.  He addressed a number of issues which primarily seemed to revolve around his economics principles.  What is key about Sander's though is that his economic and social views are intertwined.  As such, the reason he wants free college is because he believes people should support each other.  That we do not live in a vacuum and what affects one person affects everyone else.  So if a negative thing happens to a person, it affects their families negatively, their friends, and then ripples out.  Therefore providing healthcare, raising the minimum wage, free education, etc. all contribute to saving people from being broken down by the negatives of debt, inadequate health care, and not being able to afford a higher quality of life.  If it was not for the fact that his solutions scare the heck out of me due to how he would tax us all more and that our freedom of choice would be limited, then I would probably have voted for him.

Hillary on the other hand seemed to meander through some of her answers.  Her questions focused mostly on social issues like the white black divide with "Black Lives Matter", Social Security reform and women's issues.  All her answers though had no specifics and took on a shotgun approach in their attempts to give a satisfactory response.  I think this was due to two things.  The first is that there is no easy answer to solve these issues and thus trying to solve issues with white on black crime and bringing up women are almost impossible to give a quick answer too.  It would need something like an interview to answer.  However, the short answers that give no specifics give Hillary an advantage as she need not be beholden to any specific solution and that giving a specific answer can be political suicide.  Imagine if she answers with specifics, but the American people or worse "her backers" for her campaign don't like it.  She would be out of the race.

Final Thought:  This was one of the few times I was able to watch a Democratic town hall, and I was pleased.  Bernie shows why he is popular as he is the outlier that people want because he is completely away from the establishment and represents what the people in the Democratic Party want.  Hillary could have answered more concisely as she seemed to lose me at points with how she meandered through each question.  Needless to say she tried and lost none of her supporters to say the least.  Overall a good town hall.