Liveblog: Cruz and Sadler Cordial in Second Debate
There was no name-calling and little confrontation in the second U.S. Senate debate.
Instead, Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Paul Sadler stuck largely to policy issues and even found a rare area of agreement Friday evening during an hour-long debate at KERA-TV studios in Dallas. The Texas Tribune was a partner in the debate.
The event had a sharply different tone compared with the last debate, in which the two men running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison were openly hostile to each other.
“I think some people wanted to see fireworks go off and instead ...
Comments (6)
Michael Mayo
Once again we have a debate with only left leaning people asking questions
kirk pitman
I am at a loss of how a man that was born in Canada could serve the people of Texas. I would rather have a man born in East Texas, who understands our culture, has served in the state Congress, and hunts.
donald baker
The real Paul Sadler was the one you seen in the first debate. Evidently some Democrat party hacks got ahold of Sadler and told him to stop acting like he really is. Cruz is the best choice for Texas. It is most unfortunate we always have liberal journalists asking questions on limited subjects. Sadler is hostile to gun rights and very friendly to excessive taxes and spending.
gypsy314 ne
Do not Worry Cruz won hands down given the bias from liberal media so with that said Cruz will be our next senator for Texas. He will do a fine job.
R. Bryson
The two debates couldn't have been more different. After seeing the first debate, I had made up my mind to support Ted Cruz at the voting booth. This second debate however made me think twice on that. After listening to this debate I came away with the feeling that with Paul Sadler as Senator, I'll know what to expect. With Ted Cruz, not so much. It's a shame Ted Cruz did not agree to more debates as I think it would really benefit the voters.
Mary Bell Lockhart
The "elephant" in the room that never was brought up was whether Tea Party Ted would continue the obstruction of Republicans in the Senate with Obama as President. Most of his "debating" points are just talking points falsely attacking President Obama. That's who he's running against, and the needs of the people and the country are irrelevant. What we saw in the debate was the stark difference between a politician and statesman. Paul Sadler is a statesman who will go to work in the best interests of the country and will work with anyone to seek solutions to our many problems. He's done it before and was very effective as a state legislator. Ted Cruz is a politician only interested in maintaining the power of his political party and serving the best interests of the corporations and the wealthy who back him. He has zero interest in serving Texans as a whole. What do we want, Texas, more tea party intolerance and obstruction or an experienced statesman senator?