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About Last Night: Fifty Shades of Fearful Beige in Democratic Debate
For Democratic voters, who are all that really matter in a Democratic primary, they got more of the same. Which means nothing will change much after this debate
Pressure does odd things to folks.
Immediately following the conclusion of the CNN/Des Moines Register debate, the usual post-festivities handshake time was focused on Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. CNN’s camera focused on the two senators after that network had highlighted coverage for most of the day on a “She Said, He Said” about a meeting the two had prior to the campaign, and a painfully dumb question by the moderator on the subject. But the takeaway of that moment was not Senator Warren refusing the outstretched hand of Bernie Sanders, but how she got over to him. In the blessedly cut down debate stage scrum of bodies, Elizabeth Warren put her hand on Joe Biden’s shoulder to slide past him and get to Bernie.
Sometime around the last week of March when all the talking heads and think pieces are going on and on about “How did Joe Biden go wire-to-wire to wrap up the nomination despite all the hard work we did to convince people this was a horse race,” remember that image.
