US debate shows up two sparring tribes

Washington

SO let's say that you are a young, single woman, a lawyer working in a law firm in Manhattan, and let's assume that you and your partner, who works in a financial company in the city, were watching on Monday evening the first televised presidential debate of 2016, together with 100 million other viewers.

As you were both watching the televised encounter, the two of you were applauding as Hillary Clinton was taking some jabs at her Republican opponent and articulating her proposed policies to create jobs in the United States and fight the so-called Islamic State (IS) abroad.