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Carlos Erban said...
I think that the main goal of the debate was achieved: to galvanize overwhelming Hispanic support behind the Democrats. I found it ironic that it was held in Miami, where most Hispanics are Cubans and vote mostly Republican. I agree with you that the translations were horrible. I thought Obama's translation was especially bad. I kept trying to hear in between the lines Obama's response. He is a great speaker, but it was all lost in the translation. I think it would have been better to let each candidate respond in English and then translate the answer to Spanish (as they do in the Miss Universe), or add subtitles with the Spanish translation. It would have taken probably 30 minutes more but improved the quality. This would also allow all the English speaking only viewers to understand the debate. I am all for inclusiveness. I was disappointed how Univision immediately jumped to a soap opera of sorts right after the debate without any analysis or dibriefing. I found it very interesting how the debates were reported in major newspapers -- for the most part as a plus for Democrats and a minus for Republicans.
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