“And they should’ve had showgirls!” said the other one. “They should open it!” said one of two middle-aged soccer moms they sat me next to in the fifth row. The Sahara’s theater is one of those concert venues with a bar at the back -”the first time we’ve ever done a town hall where there’s a bar,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper would later observe- but they never opened the thing during the whole three hours the event lasted. I’m sure I asked Amy Klobuchar how she plans to out-Hillary Hillary, when she isn’t even very convincing as herself.īut, alas, the producers at CNN weren’t in the mood for any fresh or penetrating questions, opting for the dozen or so questions we’ve heard the candidates answer a dozen or so times.
If I remember correctly, I asked Mayor Pete what teachings, if any, were passed on to him from his father, the Gramsci scholar, and which Gramscian concepts he finds useful today. I submitted some biting questions which were, I thought, pretty damn original. LAS VEGAS - I’m pretty bummed they didn’t select one of my questions at the CNN town hall on Tuesday. (Photo by Francisco Lozano/Latino Rebels) Sanders answers a question from Latino Rebels.