# Nevada Democratic Debate February 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 20, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209 "2020-02-20T01:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/81 "2020-02-20T03:35:57Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Hoping for the largesse from the ultra rich is not a good economic model for the country and certainly the size of your donations should not be who donates the most. :smack: \*“…certainly the size of your donations should not be who donates the most.” \* Certainly the size of your donations should not be a metric for who deserves to be president of the US. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/82 "2020-02-20T03:37:53Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Bernie just can’t say that taxes will have to go up for everybody to pay for UHC. That’s how Canadians, and the Dutch, and the Germans and the rest of Europe pay for UHC. I am guessing that campaign strategists have told Bernie that no matter how well you explain the economics all people will hear is “higher taxes” and the attack ads will run endlessly from there. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/83 "2020-02-20T03:38:01Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Nah, she’s back. “Noun, verb, Minnesota.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/84 "2020-02-20T03:38:17Z")
Good 3rd quarter. Bloomberg v. Trump debate would be fun IMO. Not gonna happen, but I’d love to watch it. Elizabeth Warren was impressive, I thought. Biden was not. I’m pondering a Buttigieg/Warren ticket for the fall at the moment and it’s pretty interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/85 "2020-02-20T03:39:29Z")
Buttigieg trying to steal a page from Sanders. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/86 "2020-02-20T03:41:29Z")
So far, based on what I’ve seen, the winners are: - Elizabeth Warren - Joe Biden - Bernie Sanders - Amy Klobuchar The loser is: - Mike Bloomberg ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/87 "2020-02-20T03:42:56Z")
I’m still at a crossroads. I see great VP candidates, but not a definitive Presidential candidate. I’m also thinking Bloomberg is thinking, “God, that Telemundo babe is HOT!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/88 "2020-02-20T03:43:00Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > So far, based on what I’ve seen, the winners are: > > - Elizabeth Warren > > - Joe Biden > > - Bernie Sanders > > - Amy Klobuchar > > The loser is: > > - Mike Bloomberg This looks correct to me. Probably in this order as well. Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/89 "2020-02-20T03:44:03Z")
Joe Biden is getting more words in that usual. Not particularly well articulated words. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/90 "2020-02-20T03:45:19Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Did Klobuchar leave? $50 says after the debate she makes one of her staffers wear a buttigieg mask and she yells at him for hours. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/91 "2020-02-20T03:46:03Z")
Amy Klobuchar is faltering badly. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/92 "2020-02-20T03:46:44Z")
Amy loosing it again. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/93 "2020-02-20T03:46:54Z")
Buttigieg really knows how to rattle Klobuchar’s cage. She is shaking (from fury looks like). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/94 "2020-02-20T03:47:45Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I am constantly surprised how Buttigieg and others keep laying raising taxes for health care for all gets traction. How hard is it for Sanders to say the vast majority of Americans will save money? Taxes go up, healthcare payments go down more than taxes go up. It is not rocket science. We can spend 35 trillion in public + private funds over the next decade on single payer Or we can spend 50 trillion in public + private funds on keeping the current system or the current system with minor tweaks. We have to pick one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/95 "2020-02-20T03:47:46Z")
Biden makes one think that he won’t have gas in the tank by the time he is elected. He is almost exploding about stuff that he needs to be calm about. To me that’s the bad look here. It’s not his time IMO. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/96 "2020-02-20T03:47:50Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > $50 says after the debate she makes one of her staffers wear a buttigieg mask and she yells at him for hours. Without making eye contact. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/97 "2020-02-20T03:49:52Z")
Man, Pete can really get under Amy’s skin. She just sounds rattled and defensive. Trump would eat her lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/98 "2020-02-20T03:50:22Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Without making eye contact. I like how Pete looks directly at whoever is ripping on him. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/99 "2020-02-20T03:51:28Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > So far, based on what I’ve seen, the winners are: > > - Elizabeth Warren > - Joe Biden > - Bernie Sanders > - Amy Klobuchar > > The loser is: > > - Mike Bloomberg I’m surprised. Buttigieg has been giving way better than he has gotten on that stage. He has had Klobuchar in fits more than once. Why is he not on your list? (Note: I am not a Buttigieg fan…really asking) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209/100 "2020-02-20T03:51:59Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I like how Pete looks directly at whoever is ripping on him. Daggers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-democratic-debate-february-2020/848209.md?page=6)