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About Last Night: Democratic Debate Live From Las Vegas
Welp, we finally got a debate with some actual debating instead of the soundbite snoozefests that have become the norm in campaign 2020.
Welp, we finally got a debate with some actual debating instead of the soundbite snoozefests that have become the norm in campaign 2020.
A couple of things before we delve into the candidates. The debates are mini-moments, and it is easy to get caught in the moment so let’s look at the big picture for a moment. Nevada’s caucuses are Saturday, South Carolina next Saturday, and then the following Tuesday is Super Tuesday. Things are going to move quickly now. Most of these debates haven’t resulted in massive poll changes, so we will see, and the New Hampshire debate didn’t seem to really affect that primary much, if at all. So let’s see what happens here. But this debate was far and away the most action packed and exciting to watch. So how did folks do? Let’s pontificate, postulate, and be a bit predictive.
Michael Bloomberg:
The Bloomlet came in with a lot of narrative and landed with a loud splat at the feet of real live candidates not impressed with the $60B dollar man.
You would have to Google pics of the monk lighting himself on fire in Vietnam to find a good parallel to what happened here tonight. Only…
