It was a solid performance and great on target with the facts.
In the later follow up about how the republicans can get a better response from the economy I noted that the panel mentioned cutting spending and cutting regulation but did not mention Sarah’s comment on cheaper energy. This is a key issue to me because opening up the reserves to drilling (and this means curtailing the environmental and EPA action to delay it) will immediately open up new jobs and at the same time send a message to the markets that the US is going to become a larger producer of energy. This seems to be the best message to Americans who want to see more job creation.
And Sarah missed a point she almost made — cutting spending if it is targeted at the regulators — will have the effect of cutting regulations too. Let the regulators deal with a loss of staff and force them to focus on the regulations that are the most important. This would be another good position for Sarah to take.
I do agree with Bill on the panel too, if it becomes a two person race it is time for Ryan or Cristy to rethink where they can do the most good.
good points
Regulation has its place. The repeal of Glass-Streagal was an absolute mistake because banking is one thing, speculation is another.