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Originally Posted by Slava
Weird because aside from here, every where else seems to think that Trudeau did really well. Even a guy in the Sun wrote a column saying how well he did when the expectations were so low.
As usual though, whichever party people support is who won the debate. I would say Mulcair lost and May/Trudeau won. Harper didn't lose and that's really what he needs to do as incumbent. Realistically though the election is over 2 months away...so anything from tonight isn't a factor that far in advance anyway.
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That's exactly how I felt. Trudeau fared really well, but I think the best participant was May. She did a good job of demonstrating how well she does her job as a parliamentarian.
Harper did the same as always, calmly stuck to his taking points while being attacked from all sides. He made some good counters, but his own jabs were rebutted very well, especially by Trudeau and May.
Mulcair was the only one who disappointed, but he wasn't terrible enough turn people off. The sovereignty attack was very effective in knocking him off guard, I suspect. Trudeau and Harper did well in that assault. I actually thought May was focusing on Mulcair almost as much as Harper. It will be interesting to see if there is some movement between green and NDP supporters in this campaign for the main green target ridings.
I think this was a very good and productive debate. Paiken was a better moderator, but somehow the candidates performed better.