Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Binders of horses and bayonets

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Binders of horses and bayonets:

Binders of horses and bayonets

by Mike Klonsky

"There were no binders full of women at the final presidential debate on Monday, but there were certainly horses and bayonets." -- Huffington Post

"I love teachers" -- Mitt Romney   "I think we all love teachers" -- Bob Schieffer 

Sharpton spun it best, comparing Romney to a boxer clinching and holding on to his opponent just to keep from getting knocked out. Romney handlers knew that few among his right-wing base gave a crap about his foreign policy positions, their main concern being making the White House white again.

So instead of a badly-needed debate on our  foreign policy, we were treated to an Obama beat-up on the weakest, least-prepared-to-be-president of any Republican candidate I can remember in my time. If the Dems can't defeat this guy, PAC money, voter suppression and all, they should break up their party and start anew.

The take-away for me was that both men (parties) still believe that this is still the American Century, that the