Hillary Hugs Obama at Every Turn

Going into tonight, the conventional wisdom was that Bernie Sanders would try to genially introduce himself, the candidates would mostly stay in their own lanes, and that Hillary was a bleeding target. Not so much.

Instead, everyone came loaded for bear. Sanders was combative almost right away. Lincoln Chafee did go after Clinton from the start—literally from his opening statement (and his closing statement). And not only was Clinton tough, disciplined, and impressive, but she was, as Erick Erickson said, “the likable, reasonable candidate on stage.” Clearly, the firmware update worked. (I kid!)