{"id":11482,"date":"2015-12-21T16:42:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T00:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2015-12-21T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T00:41:44","slug":"saturdays-secret-democratic-debate-in-nh-bradcast-12212015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11482","title":{"rendered":"Saturday&#8217;s &#8216;Secret&#8217; Democratic Debate in NH: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 12\/21\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_SandersClintonOMalley_ABCNewsDemDebateNH121915_122115.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">The DNC seems to have wanted their Democratic Presidential Debate in New Hampshire over the weekend to remain a secret. Otherwise, why would have they have scheduled it on the <i>Saturday<\/i> before Christmas?!<\/p>\n<p>On today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, we spoil the secret by talking about that and everything else that actually went on during Saturday&#8217;s debate on ABC between Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O&#8217;Malley.<\/p>\n<p>Joining me are financial journalist <b>David Dayen<\/b> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefiscaltimes.com\/Authors\/David-Dayen\"><i>The Fiscal Times<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/writer\/david_dayen\/\">Salon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/staff\/davidd\/\">The Intercept<\/a> and everywhere else and health care reform advocate and journalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackischechner.com\/about-me\/\"><b>Jacki Schechner<\/b><\/a>, formerly of CNN and CurrentTV.<\/p>\n<p>Among the issues covered in today&#8217;s post-debate coverage and analysis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do voters actually care about last Friday&#8217;s database breach by the Sanders campaign?<\/li>\n<li>Is the DNC &#8216;in the bag&#8217; for Hillary Clinton?<\/li>\n<li>Do Democrats play into GOP\/corporate media narratives by spending so much time discussing ISIS and terrorism?<\/li>\n<li>Is there any real daylight between Clinton and Bernie Sanders&#8217; positions on gun safety reform?<\/li>\n<li>Does Martin O&#8217;Malley bring anything to the contest that Clinton and Sanders don&#8217;t already have covered?<\/li>\n<li>Why did ABC News spend so much time on <i>Republicans<\/i> during Saturday&#8217;s <i>Democratic<\/i> debate?<\/li>\n<li>Does the math <i>really<\/i> work for Sanders&#8217; plan to provide free college tuition to all public colleges and universities by instituting a tax on Wall Street transactions?<\/li>\n<li>Does the math <i>really<\/i> work for Sanders&#8217; call for a single payer health care system?<\/li>\n<li>Did ABC&#8217;s Martha Raddatz <i>completely<\/i> misinform America in her question to Clinton concerning Obamacare?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of that and much more on today&#8217;s <i>BradCast<\/i>, as expertly answered by Dayen and Schechner!  Especially helpful to those of you who might have had something else to do on a Saturday night before Christmas&#8230;like, I dunno, go see <i>Star Wars<\/i>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_DemDebateABCNH_SchechnerDayen_122115.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen to complete show online below&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_DemDebateABCNH_SchechnerDayen_122115.mp3]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/s\/player.php?fid=25838&#038;src=psl\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DNC seems to have wanted their Democratic Presidential Debate in New Hampshire over the weekend to remain a secret. Otherwise, why would have they have scheduled it on the Saturday before Christmas?! 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