9:26 PM: So half hour in I think we can say this is a debate between two people who’ve apparently agreed not to speak in complete sentences. More seriously, I think Reid is doing relatively well, not saying anything totally ridiculous and hitting key points fairly well. Angle is wildly ignorant. But I think most people knew that on the way in.
9:30 PM: Probably the best example so far about how far the DADT debate has come is that not even a crackpot like Angle is willing to defend it.
9:32 PM: Oh man, it’s going to be a long two years.
9:34 PM: “Man up, Harry Reid!” This is preceded by a bizarre ramble of lies about Social Security.
9:35 PM: “Phase out” … Angle hit on the same on Social Security word games Republicans have been using since 2002.
9:36 PM: The Social Security lies get painful after a while. TPM Reader JR writes in to say: “I’m watching Reid-Angle debate on internet and I have to say that you are right that both can’t seem to speak english very well but I find it shocking how weak Reid really is. This not so much a debate as rather it’s Sharron Angle making up facts as she goes along while smirking and Harry Reid looking ill and stammering fragment sentences. It’s really incredible how poorly Reid is prepared to confront a serial liar like Angle.” Maybe I’m just grading Reid on a curve. But I really don’t feel like he’s doing that bad. For Harry Reid I think he’s doing it reasonably well … I’d like to build my own nuclear ractor.
9:40 PM: My God, this discussion of nuclear power and Yucca Mountain by Reid is frightening and bizarre. There’s no longer any need for Yucca Mountain as a place to store nuclear waste and that’s why I support it. Eeesh.
