"DeSantis was not alone in ignoring the Constitution when proposing policies. None of the candidates on the stage gave much more than a passing mention to the Constitution throughout the debate. That is a striking and disturbing omission in a debate where all the candidates are promising to root out corruption and reform Washington." Remarkable quote, Peter! I loved this one, too: "Yet for all the verbal pyrotechnics from Ramaswamy and for all of Chris Christie’s dyspeptic anti-Trump fulminations, the end result was a debate that was in every particular a retread: DeSantis boasted about his successes in Florida, Haley dragged China into every question, Ramaswamy was annoying, and Chris Christie was annoyed." Appreciate your points of view, and saving me the time to have to wade through that stuff! It is also amusing that their highly paid strategic staffs don't have your art of objectivity and insight!
Haley has expressed displeasure at anonymous off the record sources in news media, and in this online age that extends to social media.
There is some substance to the complaint -- people who want to remain anonymous by definition have an agenda and it's not always clear what that is. However, it's also not the purview of government to have an opinion or set regulations regarding it. That pesky First Amendment and the whole freedom of the press and whatnot.
At the same time, NONE of the candidates are Free Speech absolutists, so them snarking at Nikki Haley over the matter entails a certain amount of hypocrisy.
"DeSantis was not alone in ignoring the Constitution when proposing policies. None of the candidates on the stage gave much more than a passing mention to the Constitution throughout the debate. That is a striking and disturbing omission in a debate where all the candidates are promising to root out corruption and reform Washington." Remarkable quote, Peter! I loved this one, too: "Yet for all the verbal pyrotechnics from Ramaswamy and for all of Chris Christie’s dyspeptic anti-Trump fulminations, the end result was a debate that was in every particular a retread: DeSantis boasted about his successes in Florida, Haley dragged China into every question, Ramaswamy was annoying, and Chris Christie was annoyed." Appreciate your points of view, and saving me the time to have to wade through that stuff! It is also amusing that their highly paid strategic staffs don't have your art of objectivity and insight!
Good summary. I did not watch any of it.
What is this about Haley's wanting no anonymous comments?
More sound and fury, basically.
Haley has expressed displeasure at anonymous off the record sources in news media, and in this online age that extends to social media.
There is some substance to the complaint -- people who want to remain anonymous by definition have an agenda and it's not always clear what that is. However, it's also not the purview of government to have an opinion or set regulations regarding it. That pesky First Amendment and the whole freedom of the press and whatnot.
At the same time, NONE of the candidates are Free Speech absolutists, so them snarking at Nikki Haley over the matter entails a certain amount of hypocrisy.