I was late in getting to the debate last night. My housemate Don and I watched the latest episode of Last Week Tonight to warm up for it, and we were about halfway through when I realized that although our cable package includes HBO On Demand, it doesn’t include CNN. So we eventually watched the majority of it on Don’s laptop.

Overall, it seemed that the big question CNN wanted to answer was, “Which sounds better…. President Warren or President Sanders?” Many of the questions were based upon their policies and previous statements, and the two front runners were largely given free rein to entertain the reparte of the other supporting candidates in the Elizabeth and Bernie Show. According to a Washington Post tracker, each got over seventeen and a half minutes of speaking time, giving Warren, who commanded center stage, more than twice the speaking time (17.9 minutes) Marianne Williamson got (8.9 minutes) to shout from the fringes.

Still, with the few words she chose, Williamson seemed to have much more to say than most of the other candidates.

Granted, I’ve loved Marianne Williamson since I read A Return to Love when I started traveling to write my second book, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of hearing her speak in Los Angeles a couple years later. I admired her even more when I read The Healing of America, and I remember wishing that it were possible for someone like her to be president. I’m glad to live in…