Observation: Unlike Clinton, Sanders does not explicitly promise to not raise taxes on the middle class. That means he might raise taxes.

From what I gather, Sander’s point is that taxing the middle class an extra $2 a week is a reasonable cost in return for the money that the working families (working class and middle class?) will save with paid family/medical leave.

But outright saying that “I’m going to raise taxes on the middle class, but the benefits will be worth it” is too complicated to directly state (the statement’s first part is too much of a hot button), so Sanders performed some verbal acrobatics to deliver his point.

I’ll research further into what he means by this so I can make sure I’m interpreting him correctly.

O'Mally might suffer as the third-wheel candidate, but he fires clear, blunt shots (excuse the phrasing) at Clinton.

9/11 is a hot issue for rhetoric, so for O'Mally to accuse Clinton of exploiting a tragedy to evade one of her most sensitive topics… the media better highlight this quote, if they dare do so.

Muir implicitly asked Clinton to address the “many CEOs in corporate America” and “Business Loves Hillary”. Wall Street occupies this category.

Clinton dodges this part of the question by mentioning her father’s small-business roots (pathos), and then use the phrases “people who are in the private sector” and “business leaders”, which have more “common folk” connotations than “CEOs in corporate America”.

Therefore, she doesn’t address her Wall Street accusations–at this time. On the other hand, Sanders jumps right at Wall Street, and O'Mally outright lunges at Clinton on this issue.