Don’t expect the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night to light a match to the two GOP 
grudge matches that have already come and gone and gained record ratings for Fox and CNN.
Hillary Clinton is just not as entertaining as Donald Trump. And Bernie Sanders isn’t quite as fiery a speaker as Marco Rubio. And, well, that other guy and the other one and the third other one haven’t said anything yet worth remembering their names, even. Why would they start now?
And is it me or does it seem like the Democratic debate is just five really white guys while the GOP debate had actual diversity? Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around? Yeah, I know Hillary is almost a woman. Horseshoes and hand grenades. Next to her, Carly Fiorina is super fem. And I know the party talks about one of the Texas Castro brothers as a VP in waiting. But the road to the top of the ticket is apparently paved in cracker for 2016. There aren’t any more black Democrats worth the shortlist?
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And maybe that is why the excitement is not palpable. The possibility of Vice
President Joe Biden, yet another white guy, showing up is the most exciting thing that could happen. Repeat: Joe Biden could be the most exciting thing to happen at the Dem debate. CNN people are crossing their fingers so hard, they’re getting arthritis. They even have an emergency extra podium set aside. A “just in case” podium. And they’ve been practically begging Biden to come, showing him the stage while a reporter says “there’s plenty of room.” Sounds like “Come on in. The water’s fine.” Trevor Noah did a funny piece on it on Comedy Central.
But nobody really believes Biden is going. In comparison to the multiple GOP debate watch parties there has been not one invite to a Democratic debate party. While this might be the first time the candidates actually talk about any policy differences they might or might not have,, I think people would rather watch Scream Queens or Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
or the other The Biggest Loser show on TV.
Might as well right? Because this debate is a really a moot point. I mean, while the GOP field may be large and messy, its beauty lies in the fact that it’s really a horse race, no matter what CNN or FOX say today and then change tomorrow. Contrarily, the Democratic Party has really already kinda chosen Hillary as their nominee, no? Despite her obvious ethical challenges on the email and Benghazi scandals. At least that is how it feels to the average voter on the street. And, it’s the feeling you get through what you hear from the media and the GOP field, that’s what they think, too. That’s why neither really talks about anybody else.
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In fact, for days in preparation of the Las Vegas face-off, Democrats across the nation — including the very President Barack Obama in a rare but well timed one-on-one TV interview — have tried to pooh-pooh both incidents: The emails are simply mistakes that (shrug) anybody could make, they say. And Benghazi? Well, that has turned into a political lynching and you can’t trust the committee’s findings because they are just out to get her. Let’s just let bygones be bygones.
But Ladra doubts that the fellow Democrats on that Vegas stage Tuesday night will play this particular game of 
softball with the former First Lady and Secretary of State and New York Senator. Can you say insider?
Which leads to an obvious question: If outsiders like Donald Trump and Ben Carson are doing so well in the GOP field, why is a dyed-in-the wool insider like Hillary Rodham Clinton doing so well in the blue party?
Ladra is left looking forward to really one thing and one thing only: Watching Hillary, the future Democratic presidential candidate, squirm out of the email and Benghazi baggage that would have nixed her candidacy already if she was anybody else — oh, and if the Dems had anybody else.
These scandals are hard things to shed, however, and make for some real fine, solid campaign material that whoever wins the GOP nomination can use to build on a nation’s distrust of a woman we have disliked since we were rooting for Monica Lewinsky.
So the biggest lesson from this debate will be that the Democratic bench is woefully thin.
And did I say really white?
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