The first round of Democratic debates

I supposed it is pretty hard to get anything meaningful out of debates with 10 people on a stage, as just happened with the two Democratic candidate debates that just occurred this week. Mostly they just parroted the latest politically correct (from a liberal perspective) proposals and attacked each other for their past mistakes. And the moderators didn't help much, mostly lofting softball questions at them.

It certainly was noticeable that no one was asked, for example:

- How would you handle the China problem, and if you don't like the way Trump is doing it, how would you do it differently?

- How would you handle the Iran problem, and if you don't like the way Trump is doing it, how would you do it differently?

- How would you handle the Russian problem, and if you don't like the way Trump is doing it, how would you do it differently?

- How would you handle our Middle East wars, and if you don't like the way Trump is doing it, how would you do it differently?

- How would you handle the growing influx of refugees at the border, and if you don't like the way Trump is doing it, how would you do it differently?

- What is your view on the massive federal deficit and federal debt, and what, if anything, would you do about it?

- The economy is stronger now than it has been in a decade, and unemployment is at a historic low and working class wages have been climbing. What would you do to keep these trends going and to keep the economy healthy?


It seems to me these are the sort of questions that really matter.  One hopes they will eventually be asked in future debates, perhaps when the field has narrowed down some.