Chuck Todd has been bombing in various ways for some time now, often allowing himself to be played by the interviewee. Don't care for him much at all as of late.
I've two takeaways from the two debates. One, (as another news outlet observed) is that they have been the most substantive debates I've seen in some time. Two, is that nearly all of the candidates demonstrated more knowledge, substance, and clarity than that asshat in the Oval Office has EVER shown.
Which, of itself, is QUITE a revelation, imo. And to NO one's surprise, Trump found it "boring." Of COURSE he did, because HE has the mentality of a fkn TODDLER. Too many words for him.
As to the candidates and the issues discussed, let's face it, with ten candidates per night, and in many cases, general agreement on principles (if not the actual processes of seeing them through) I found myself looking moreso at how the candidates presented themselves, or perhaps more accurately, the degree of passion each brought to the... forum (you though I was going to say "to the table"... I hate that expression),
as well as the degree of passion they inspired in the listener/audience. Because however important the ISSUES, however good the ideas and the specifics behind them, it's going to take the ability to inspire the same PASSION among Democratic voters (as Trump inspires hate among HIS) to unseat him.