Menino / Hennigan debate debate

If you missed the WBZ "debate," you can download it in pieces.

Mass Marrier scored the debate high on the Irritate-o-Meter, like listening to Maura Chihuahua yapping at Tom Droopy Dawg. Ultimately, Hennigan lost by coming across as a desperate pol willing to play loose with the facts and unable to come up with a coherent program for change:

... She certainly seems to lack the debating ability and knowledge to prove Tom incompetent. Was she really the best competition available? ...

Jay thinks Hennigan stumbled in blaming Menino for Victoria Snelgrove's pepper-pellet death last fall:

... It comes across as a loose-cannon cheap shot. Though she won't win, she was doing quite well against a mayor who most people like but still want roughed up to keep him honest. The best way to keep him honest is to be honest -- and blaming him for a pepper gun that he probably didn't know existed is a stretch.

Earlier:
The WGBH debate.