Here we go again….
Who loses after picking on Joe Biden this time?
Get ready for heated arguments, political debates and pointed questions. No it’s not your Thanksgiving dinner, it’s the November Democratic debate.
Democratic presidential primary candidates will square off on a debate stage in Atlanta on Wednesday, where the primary debate will be co-hosted by MSNBC and the Washington Post, airing live from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET.
Candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and California Sen. Kamala Harris will all grace the stage again.
But some things have changed since the October Democratic debate.
Only 10 candidates will appear on stage, down two from the debate last month. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke dropped out of the race on Nov. 1, and former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro missed the debate polling requirements for the first time.
Meanwhile, some new candidates have eyed the race. Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrck entered the race in mid-November, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has flirted with running as well…..
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Thanks DSD….
I just posted the debate post here….Ya beat me
Joe Biden can just stand and watch the fireworks again…
Pete Buttigieg will take the stage at Wednesday’s debate as a serious threat to the top Democratic presidential candidates for the first time. And that makes the debate a serious threat for him….
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I haven’t gotten to see what anybody is saying online, but from what I have seen of the debate, it seems like this is Biden’s best performance so far. Perhaps he is invigorated by the news of his new grandchild.
Doesn’t seem to be much in the way of fireworks in this one so far besides another Gabbard vs. Harris fight.
Well. I think Biden just said his answer to combating domestic violence is to “keep punching at it.” He might have wanted to say that differently.
I ‘m not watching either….
But I will do a post debate post….
As for your quip…
DNA testing has established, “with scientific certainty,” that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.
Biden, son of former vice president Joe Biden, had denied being the father but “is not expected to challenge the results of the DNA test or the testing process.”
Politicalwire…
I jinxed Biden with my compliment. He has made a couple gaffes since.
Now, they are all going off the rails pandering on abortion. Rachael Maddow mentioned that John Bel Edwards just got reelected in Louisiana and the crowd cheered. Then, she pointed out he is one of the most anti-abortion Governors in America and Elizabeth Warren basically repudiated his election. Something she and Trump can agree on.
I also find it ironic when pro-choice politicians say women should consult their Priests when they are considering abortion. What do they think the Priest is going to say?
How are you not watching? Isn’t this your thing?
Yup….
I was listening to Warren promise the WORLD with 2 cents tax and I had to back out….
Biden has been active….
Going after Steyer …
Booker checking Warren…
Harris calling Trumps a crook..
Buttigieg seems to NOT have everyone taking shots at him…
If you as a genuine Trump hating partisan Democrat political junkie type was so turned off by Elizabeth Warren that you turned off the tv, to avoid her. that does not speak well of her potential in a general election.
Warren has seemed a little scatted tonight. I think Harris was improved.
Gabbard and Buttigieg getting into it now. I think he got the better of her.
She has been going after all the others tonight. She wouldn’t even be on stage if not for Hillary propping her up.
By the way, she repeated her comments on Hillary and not a single one of the other Democrats said a word of support of the last nominee.
The biggest political news of the day is that the White House dreams of Wayne Messam are formally dashed. He has suspended his candidacy. Those who took jobs with that “campaign” should not expect their paychecks.
Klobuchar is literally shaking while giving her closing statement. Not sure why she would be so nervous all of a sudden.
Harris is finishing up now…
She just comes across as toooooo rough around the edges ….
You call yourself a New Yorker?
I will have a post shortly omg the media read backs….
Bless Bernie….
The guy had a heart attack and he’s right in their…
He gets the Dick Cheney Cardiac Comeback Award.
It’s OVER…….
Mayor Pete just spoke directly to people like me and said “everyone is welcome” to join the party and the cause.
I guess I just have to change my view on abortion though as a requirement first though.
Cory Booker attacked Joe Biden for saying he had doubts about marijuana legalization by saying “I thought you were high.”
That was a cheap shot. If any of the other candidates used that “joke” if they wanted to disagree with Booker about something, he would have taken offense to that and perhaps said it was racist.
Biden does appear to be the only Democrat who expresses any reservations about full marijuana legalization. Maybe older voters will appreciate that.
What is unsaid though, because Biden is going to be reluctant to bring it up, is that he is the only person on that stage who has seen one of his kids deal with drug addiction.
There WAS a fight for some of the black vote tonight….
Booker and Harris wants in….
Booker got some laughs , but Jersey can’t pass a marijuana bill…
Biden is getting ripped on MSNBC for what they are calling a “colossal gaffe.”
He was bragging about being endorsed by Carol Moseley Braun (perhaps not something to be too proud of) and called her the only African-American woman ever elected to the Senate, and then Kamala Harris was like, “Wait a minute, I’m right here.” So, Biden said he meant to say “first.”
It was a noteworthy moment, but I would probably classify it as a 3 on the Biden gaffe scale. The left-wing pundits thought it was worse than I did. I thought his response of “keep punching keep punching keep punching” in talking about stopping domestic violence was worse.
Fox News pundit gives debate to Biden. Says he committed “no gaffes.” (he must have stopped watching towards the end) and pointed out it was to his benefit that it was only two hours and not three hours so he didn’t get Sundowners.
Biden DID mess up….
But it isn’t gonna cost him a dime I’d bet…
He owns the black vote right now….
You really need to consider your use of that word.
I changed it….
Thanks…
The word I meant was “owns.” I guess you just don’t see it.
On CNN, Klobuchar said she was the only candidate on stage tonight “from the middle of the country.”
She should have just said central time zone. I think she might have forgotten that Indiana is in the “middle” of the country (even inspired a sitcom of that name) and is fact more middle lengthwise than Minnesota is.
Klobuchar is a favourite of the media looking for a middle America moderate women…
She is NOT getting anywhere past the middle single digits….
She has potential to rise, but looked too nervous tonight for some reason. (Unless it was really cold in there. She was the only candidate wearing a skirt…. (this fashion observation may trigger some people…)
That is why she is trying to pick a fight with Mayor Pete. She pointed out she has won statewide in Minnesota while Buttigieg failed to win statewide. (He lost by 25 points for State Treasurer to the political juggernaut known as Richard Mourdock.)
However, comparing a Democrat running in Indiana compared to one in Minnesota is not fair.
Michael Moore says that he and Bernie are the “center” of the party.
I will wonder if any of our Democrat contributors will weigh in on that tomorrow.
I watched his sort of rant….
He made good point in the description of the working class…
But he was wrong on some his other points…
People FIGHT to get good private healthcare plans…He painted ALL of them as no good…
He’s wrong on that…
I stand by MY feeling that paying MORE in taxes for a government run system is NFG….
There ARE others here that embrace Moore’s view
I may not have caught the whole thing, but I believe Moore said something like it should be illegal to fire or lay off a worker.
Some “centrist.”
I believe he was talking about a company right now canceling ANYONES health insurance because they just wanted to stop the benefit…
My health insurance got canceled because of Obamacare.
CNN Iowa focus group says Booker did the best, then Klobuchar, then Warren, and one for Buttigieg.
No Biden, Sanders, or Harris.
The Iowa Democrat voters said it was wrong for Harris to call Trump a “criminal.”
Gee, I kind of like it when he gets called that.
Booker WAS strong….
But his numbers are below water…
There is a rumour he’s raised over $100,000 tonight…
Do you have a European spell checker in use?
“Favourite”
“rumour”
I tend to look at campaign logos and rate them more than a lot of people. MSNBC is showing them all on the wall behind their panel. The ones in use this cycle show a lot more emphasis on candidates’ first names only, rather than the traditional last name. This has been especially true in recent years for female candidates running all sorts of races.
For the Senator from Massachusetts though, her logo is just “Warren”, no mention of her first name at all. That’s a pretty interesting choice. It’s kind of a sparse logo and the fact that her name starts with “War” might subconsciously look even more stark to some.