I watched the democratic debate last night and thought, for the most part, it was s pretty boring affair. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elisabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer all sounded fairly good, with the caveat that provisions need to be made to keep candidates from buying a place on the stage with advertising, when the inability to spend the $millions Steyer did forced far more deserving candidates out of the race. In my opinion, Warren won the debate, and Bernie was a close second, but Biden should retain his frontrunner status, because he did not make any major gaffes.
Warren probably won, while Biden sat above the fray
All the candidates, but in particular Bernie Sanders, were peppered with leading questions, and the most potentially interesting moment of the entire debate was confusingly mishandled [by CNN].
Sanders was asked about a conversation that allegedly happened between him and Elizabeth Warren about whether a woman could beat Trump. He responded by saying that he did not, and would not, tell Warren that a woman was unelectable. Warren was then asked how she responded to being told by Sanders that a woman could not be elected president. The discrepancy between the two accounts was not addressed. And clearly not all is well, judging by what appeared to be an argument between the two, caught on tape right after the debate ended.
The foreign policy and trade focus of the debate was welcomed, but all the candidates were allowed to vaguely posture as anti-war and skeptical of free trade without any specifics.
The night’s bigger winner is probably Warren for avoiding a big gaffe after a difficult week. And Bernie didn’t do anything to disillusion his stalwart base. But I imagine that Biden is happy to be avoiding the fray and sitting comfortably with his lead and his reliable base of older Democrats… [emphasis added]
Inserted from <The Guardian>
Here is a clip of Bernie and Liz.
Elizabeth Warren fires back at Bernie Sanders’ denial about women candidates
When Bernie said he didn’t say that, the incredulity on Liz’ face was plain to see. However, I certainly don’t thing that the problem was ever Bernie. I suspect he was complaining about that possibility. The recent rehashing of it, came from the Bernie Bros, not Bernie. The way Liz defused the conflict and converted it to a strong statement for all women candidates was, in my opinion, the high point of the debate.
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12 Responses to “The Democratic Debate – 1/14/2020”
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I didn’t watch it, but I concur with Ms. Warren diffusing the remark said by Mr. Sanders.
She rose above it all.
Go, Ms. Warren!!
Did not watch, but caught a rehash on CNN, afterwards. I think that Liz’ point about the 2 women on stage being thinly ones there never having lost an election was brilliant!
I do not know what will come of Liz’ not shaking hands with Bernie, but apparently confronting him, but it may be seen, by some at least, a demonstration that she has “balls.”
She’s still my fav.
TC, I agree with your point about buying a spot on the podium, am glad that Bloomberg was not there. Does Steyer have a real following?
As I said previously, though maybe not as succinctly – it’s plain to me that the line “You said ‘racism,’ and that makes you the racist” has worked so well for Republicans that they are now using it on sexism … and even on climate change. Perhaps we should be addressing this distinction more forcefully – even though we can’t be sure it would do any good.
What a great pic (s) of the US Navy (aviation) at work on deck of the aircraft carrier. My daughter was a green shirt on 3 different ships, during her enlistment. Each colored shirt represented what the airman’s job was.
Looks like kitty is hanging on for dear life.
Here’s a link….
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/here-is-what-all-those-colored-shirts-on-an-aircraft-ca-1757896999
Thanks, Joanne for the pic….
Yep, Warren made a great point! She remains my candidate.
Check this book out, its publishing date is 1/21:
“A Very Stable Genius….”
Just to clarify if there’s any confusion, “A Very Stable Genius” publishing date is 1/21/2020 – not 1/2021.
https://www.amazon.com/Very-Stable-Genius-Testing-America-ebook/dp/B07WQQRMGP
Didn’t watch it. Forgot it was going to be on.
Heard lots about it o the morning news.
Sounds to me that Ms. Warren is till ahead.
Elizabeth Warren again shows her suitability for the job in the way she handles difficult situations, diffuses them and lets no one lose face while coming out on top. Quite the opposite of the current resident…
Don’t have cable TV – only internet – so I didn’t watch it.
From reading analyses, it looks like they all performed admirably – with Sen. Warren taking a slight lead.
Thank you for the news.🤗