In a post-debate analysis, fisheries blogger Stephen Taufen applauds Ethan’s handling of the short time frame for answers to complex issues, and his knowledgeable, “fire hard style on several cylinders” throughout the night.

You know, America’s greatest generation had its rendezvous with destiny and Alaska’s greatest generation had a rendezvous with destiny and the challenge for this generation is to keep that promise. And that’s what campaigns are all about, is maintaining the principles of those who came before us with the programs that are going to serve as legacies for our children. And the issues that the people have raised today are going to be issues that we’ve talked about in Juneau, the issues that we have talked about across the state, they are issues that people talk about at their dinner tables all the time.

Friends, kindred spirits, fellow dreamers, the American dream is also an American promise and an American responsibility. It’s a dream of prosperity and justice, a simple dream that our children will lead better lives than we do today — safer, healthier, materially more secure, intellectually more enriching and spiritually more fulfilling. It’s Dr. King’s dream that one day we’ll judge people by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.