{"id":14895,"date":"2024-01-11T17:13:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T01:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:08:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T02:08:25","slug":"lyin-in-iowa-the-gops-fifth-2024-presidential-primary-debate-bradcast-1112024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14895","title":{"rendered":"Lyin’ in Iowa: The GOP’s Fifth 2024 ‘Presidential Primary Debate’: ‘BradCast’ 1\/11\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

And then there were two. Well, actually three. (Well, probably still just one.) It’s another episode of Special Coverage on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>! [Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n

Former SC Gov. Nikki Haley<\/b> squared off<\/a> with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/b> in Des Moines, Iowa<\/b> on CNN Wednesday night for the 5th, so-called “GOP Presidential Debate,” just hours after former NJ Gov. Chris Christie<\/b> decided to drop out<\/a> and as the disgraced former President and presumptive Republican front-runner did a live town hall on Fox “News” just up the road. All just days before voters trudge out into -6 degree (“Feels Like” -25 degree) temps on Monday night for the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucuses.<\/p>\n

Topline: Haley and DeSantis repeatedly called each other liars (she even created a website for his<\/a>); DeSantis largely dominated Haley (while calling in some sexist tropes for good measure); and nobody laid much of a glove on GOP polling leader and four-time indictee, Donald Trump<\/b> — as usual.<\/p>\n

Of course, there was much<\/i> more than just that going on. Which is why we’re joined today for smart insights on all of it by our 2024 post-debate analytical champeens and long-time OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON<\/b> of Salon<\/a> and Hullabaloo<\/a> and ‘DRIFTGLASS’<\/b> of the weekly Professional Left Podcast<\/i><\/a> and its companion show, No Fair Remembering Stuff<\/i>.<\/p>\n

“This is not a debate,” explains the sage Driftglass. “This is a televised entertainment for a very specific audience.” On the other hand, argues the insightful Digby, “this is the most irrelevant political spectacle I have ever observed.”<\/p>\n

And yet, we still had more to talk about than we could fit into an hour! About what all of it means (if anything) for the GOP, for Americans, for Democrats, for Joe Biden<\/b> and — most importantly — for American democracy. Enjoy!…<\/p>\n

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