Bernie's Bad Night

It wasn’t much of a debate. This might have been because of the scheduling. Everybody ought to have something better to do on Saturday night than argue over the correct level of the minimum wage. Also, the atrocity in Paris hung over the proceedings, making the words of the candidates seem even more calculated and inauthentic than usual. The exquisite efforts they all took to avoid using the phrase “radical Islam” pretty much set the tone for the evening.

Bernie Sanders got off one of the night’s best lines when, regarding Ms. Clinton’s claim that when she takes millions from Wall Street, she isn’t being bought.