A little less effective, and she’s telegraphing her punches tonight.
I admire Sanders for his response on Israel: the right balance, IMO
Such an easy target though that it’s almost embarrassing.
I don’t know why she’s afraid to go after Bernie, but she’s done if she doesn’t.
She did in the past and it backfired on her.
My guess is people who like Warren and Sanders see them kinda on the same page so her attacking Sanders does not play well (Note: Sanders has not gone after Warren much either and generally steered away from that fight).
Just a guess on my part.
Who is coughing?
Best guess: She’s hedging her bets. She knows she is a longshot right now, but she’s going to hang in there until after South Carolina and maybe Super Tuesday, and if by then she hasn’t gained traction she’ll cut a deal with Bernie and throw her supporters his way in exchange for a VP position perhaps a cabinet position.
Also, she can’t attack Bernie on his leftism without alienating her own supporters. She can’t attack him for his age, because she’s over 70 herself. She COULD attack him from a female perspective by going after his crazy statements about women (women who don’t have orgasms can cause cancer, mothers who tell their female children to avoid casual sex are guilty of causing mental trauma in young women, girls should spread their legs for their boyfriends to help the revolution, etc). But doing that would end any chance she has for a position in his gov’t should he win.
Summary: I don’t think anyone did anything to stand out and nobody did anything stupid. Everyone looked fake and tried and failed to be stronger. Winner: Donald Trump
Buttigieg is a sharp guy. I really wish he had not sold himself to moneyed interests.
Honestly, him choosing to do that was probably in his best interests and a smart career move if he wants to have a profitable political career.
Shame though, he could have (maybe) aimed as the next JFK.
I’d say this debate was
Sanders
Biden
Warren
Buttigieg
Klobuchar
Steyer
Bloomberg
I’m shocked you’d say that, given how much I thought you were already in the bag for Sanders. You earn my vote for Shocker of the Evening.
And the winner of tonight’s debate was…
…drumroll, please…
DONALD TRUMP!
I’m suspecting Sanders/Warren ticket.
Not in Indiana.
Bernie keeps repeating that Castro had a good literacy and/or education program. Why? Just say that you’ve already answered the question and repeat that Castro was an evil man who will stay in the ash heap of history. Why does he insist on doubling down on how great he was in literacy?
Amy had a terrible night. As far as I’m concerned, it’s manifestly obvious that when the heat gets turned up, she can’t stand up to it. She’s really good at talking about how we all need to come together to beat Donald Trump and how her grandparents worked in a mine. When anything more substantial comes up, she just sounds flustered and exasperated. Her desperate pleading to be allowed to finish when she goes over the time is just the nail in the coffin. She really needs to pack it in.
And he would also have saved the lives of all of the victims of gun violence in the past 25 years, were it not for Bernie Sanders who single-handedly went around the country with a Soviet AK-47 and personally murdering all of them.
That was odd as well. Bernie voted against the Brady Bill which caused Dylan Roof to be able to kill 9 people in Charleston, SC?
Well, the Brady Bill passed anyways. So Bernie’s vote against it did not cause anything.
Nor did it cause the 150 million gun deaths since 2007. Anyone figure out WTF Biden was talking about with that?
It’s not good for Sanders to be saying nice things about Cuba/Castro. It’s a really bad idea especially given that Florida might be a winnable state. That reminds me of when the owner of the Reds said “Hitler was good in the beginning” and she got suspended for a year. Later she said some more racist stuff and was pretty much forced to sell the Reds.
I scored it:
- Mayor Pete
- Amy
- Biden
- Warren
- Steyer
- Bloomberg
- Bernie
I thought Pete and Amy came across as relatively calm and rational on a stage filled with angry yelling crazy people. Biden came across as a real dick in my view. Warren apparently wanted Bloomberg’s balls to have bronzed as a trophy. I think she got em. Steyer seems way too Dr. Strangelovey. And then Bernie. Loud ranty Bernie. No. No way.
Assuming Bernie wins, he will lose Florida - you can already write off that state. You can also write off Iowa, North Carolina, and Ohio. Bernie might - might - win Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But he’s guaranteed to lose IA, NC, OH, and FL. That leaves very little room to fuck up.