I can’t help but like Bernie sometimes.
I almost skipped this debate. I’m glad I didn’t.
Holy shit. Bloomberg is pathetic. I don’t like him, but I really expected better from him.
Bloomy is flailing. At this point we have to count on his money backing the final nominee.
Aye.
Warren really wielding the hammer right now; gotta admire how well she did that.
ETA: Biden sees the opening and jumps into the pile-on!
He went from nothing to 15-20% in the polls.
He doesn’t have to win, he just needs to bribe delegates in a contested convention.
Bloomberg is not going down either narrative so hard yet but not sure if the tag teaming on him doesn’t end up helping him more than hurt him.
He’s gonna have to do about 10 or 20 town halls to get the final votes. He’s not a good debater. I think he can easily shame Trump in a debate, but he’s not doing the first steps very well, so far.
See thread about that.
I give huge points to Warren for her defense of Klobuchar.
Man there’s a lot of batshit energy on the stage tonight.
This is some seriously catty shit. These moderators have lost control.
And Biden continues the noun-verb-obama.
Bloomberg is coming off a little bit haughty but I have my doubts it’s gonna hurt him much.
He’s not coming across as sympathetic, though. He comes off as arrogant and entitled, both in response to Warren’s non-disclosure agreement queries and why his tax return has not yet been released. “I just got into this race 10 weeks ago!” I mean, seriously?
Biden is very passionate about latin america.
Again, he doesn’t need to win 1,990 delegates. He just needs to make sure Bernie doesn’t get 1,990 delegates and then he can offer financial incentives to the democratic party to vote for a moderate in the contested convention.
OK, good first half. How do y’all score it?
I thought it was
Buttigieg
Warren
Sanders (this was close tho)
Biden
Klobuchar
Bloomberg (is he still onstage?)
Biden’s scaring me a little bit. He’s really hyped up.
Klobuchar seemed to be having a hard time answering Buttigieg. Not that she couldn’t or there was no answer but she looked visibly upset and was rattled while trying to formulate a response. Not knocking her for it. She is a very smart person and anyone can get flustered. You just hope it doesn’t happen on a national stage like this.
Warren to the rescue though.
Also, Buttigieg is clearly a smart guy who is well prepared.
Woot! Jon Ralston totally fucking rocks! I know that guy!