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As they’ve done after every debate thus far, Hardball host Chris Matthews hosted MSNBC’s post-Democratic debate analysis on Thursday night and, with the help of NBC News Clinton correspondent Andrea Mitchell, uttered a litany of noteworthy points ranging from Hillary Clinton being “sterling” on “an extraordinary night in American politics” to dubbing the debate “one of the best I've ever seen.”
Matthews received the first crack once the two-hour debate ended between Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (Vt.) and informed viewers that they were watching “an extraordinary night in American politics in the first and only debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders leading up to the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday.”