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Commentary: Who won the Democratic debates? Donald Trump

After watching two nights of Democratic debates, all I can say is this: Man, it's a tough time to be Barack Obama. Democratic presidential candidates lined up to savage his record with more ferocity than former prosecutor Kamala Harris used to muster for a morning drug arrest docket.

These are Democrats, people! And they can't hammer Obama enough on health care, trade and immigration. Dude probably has an approval rating of 95% to 98% among the Democrats they're trying to woo, and yet the candidates are taking batting practice on him.

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