Wow! Medina did an amazing job! --explains drug legalization

she really did do a great job explaining her position on drugs. perry obviously gave her that question to label her as an extremist/crazy but she did just fine. i do not live in texas, but can someone who does explain the populace's overall attitude toward drug legalization?

She started off a little shaky... she was probably a little nervous, but she improved greatly...

She improved as the debate went on- could have been a little more specific/articulate with explaining freedom solutions... For example, instead of just saying freedom leads to prosperity, so I'd lower taxes/regulations, or I'd follow the Constitution, etc. she should try to clearly explain why and how those will be successful/practical solutions.

I think she did the best of the 3. Judging them totally objectively, I was actually surprised how bad Rick Perry did... he came across as arrogant, whiny, annoying, etc. He kept talking about how Texas is so great, and spent more time talking about how great Texas is rather than answering questions. Additionally, he has to deal with the problem of, here Texas has a large deficit/debt, has lost jobs, etc. He claims he's tackled those problems, but if that's the case why do they still exist/why have they gotten worse? I'm not from Texas, and don't know much about their politics/situation, but logically, if you're the governor and you supposedly dealt with those issues and solved them when you came into office, as Perry claims, then isn't it your fault that they now have returned worse than ever? Doesn't that suggest you've grown government/spent money/made some bad decisions?

On the question on what was basically about 'death panels,' Hutchinson and Perry didn't even seem to know it existed as a pre-existing law, which made them look insincere and weak in their answers. Debra Medina won that question as she didn't just know it existed, but had witnessed it's effects first hand through working in the medical profession.

There were some interesting moments where it almost seemed like Medina and Hutchinson were teaming up against Perry, or at least using each other's arguments to further the attacks/their arguments against Perry- smart strategy- makes Perry look less credible if there's two against him.

Hutchinson debated ok- better than Perry, but I'd say Medina won. She was the most articulate/clear spoken/took her time... could have been even more articulate/specific with her solutions, but was better than the other two. Perry just sort of rambled, and Hutchinson wasn't much more specific.

Lastly, Medina's closing statement was by far the best. It felt the most sincere, was very clear and inspiring. Perry's rambled, and Hutchinson's sounded too traditional in it's format, but was still fairly successful.

with Debra's performance I was making a nuisance of myself on the other thread..LOL Glad to have a new place to post my delight !!