It may not have been held in an octagon, but a debate last night at Penn State between Karl Rove and Howard Dean was still a rhetorical brawl, according to reports. The pair clashed over the basic battle lines of the reform debate, with Dean arguing that a public option is “imperative” for reform’s success, and Rove claiming the entire Democratic reform model is sure to drag the country in to debt, despair and destruction.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=135994