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If I were Khaz, I wouldn't count on the students to storm the barricades for him...they seem very tired and disconnected...maybe they were getting credit for showing up.
As for news value...nothing new here...move on...
From what I saw, the following questions applied:
1. Has Khazei adopted a holier-than-thou attitude, specifically in reference to the issue of college tuition and Afghanistan?
2. Is Capuano really the only candidate with the experience of borrowing to pay college tuition bills?
3. Did Coakley really equate large student loans with the $12 trillion fed deficit????
4. Did Coakley really say the best thing Bush did was raise his twin daughters???????????
5. Did Pagliuca say anything original????????
6. Did this debate do anything to change anything?
Anyway, to answer your questions:
1. He definitely is of the view that he's the only one who has offered a comprehensive plan on Afghanistan. As to whether that constitutes a "holier than thou" approach, YMMV.
2. As a parent, yes, because he's the only one with kids old enough to have borrowed for college. Pags has at least one high-school age kid, but he obviously will not have to worry about college loans; Khazei's kids are young; Coakley doesn't have kids. Khazei did talk about coming out of law school with loans.
3. I missed that, but you might be right.
4. Yes she did. That was a weird answer for a variety of reasons. IMHO Khazei gave by far the best answer on that question -- he came up with several really good examples of things that the Bush administration actually did do very well.
5. If so, I think I must've missed it.
6. IMHO no.
As for the "comprehensive plan", please, what's original. I see all candidates with a similar position. Listening to Charlie Baker talk about fiscal responsibility is like getting lectured on abstinence from Paris Hilton - Tim Murray
Take that for whatever you'd like. Proverbs 10:14
