Former Star-News Star reporters Todd Ruiz and Gary Scott have some
sound takes on last night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack
Obama. Ruiz nicely sums up
the likely frustration most Democrats must feel at watching their two
top candidates, so closely matched in ideology and skill level, go at
each other like rabid dogs.

Scott, now a producer for Warren Olney’s radio show, dissects the debate
in a play-by-play style, cutting through the candidates’ veiled and
indirect responses and helping to make sense of what exactly they were
saying to each other.