Well said.Feral wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:32 am Warren reaped the fruits of her status at/near the top of the heap, as the 2%ers et al went at her all night. While she acquitted herself fairly well, to not look at or thank/acknowledge Biden after he talked about marshaling votes in the senate for her CFPB bill was a bad look. And, she really dropped the ball when she wasn't willing/able to answer the questions about how she plans to pay for her "Medicare for All" proposal. Seriously? I loved when Klobuchar said: "The difference between a plan and a pipe dream is something you can actually get done. And we can get this public option done.". Exactly. Warren needs to realize that if a "public option"/Medicare for All is such a great idea, why not prove that incrementally, and not risk freaking the electorate out by suddenly ending the employer based health care insurance that 50% of Americans currently rely on? Does anyone think that republicans won't drive that talking point into the head of 95% of American households over the next year? I know I would. (Of course it goes without saying that for a public option/Medicare for All program to work, it's going to require a huge buy-in, i.e. bodies and $, or you can forget it.)
Pete looked good in general, and especially taking Beto to task for asking for purity pledges for his gun confiscation idiocy. Voluntary buy back? Sure. Confiscation? I'll have what you're smoking. Pete's still in the game, and is going to put more and more pressure on Biden for the "moderate" democratic vote.
Poor Biden. I hate to see him go out like this. He probably had his best debate ever, but... Although it's probably already too late, for Biden to miss yet another opportunity to make this primary all about him and Trump as a way to marginalize his primary opponents and emphasize his "electability", is political malpractice. We get that you don't want to take your message into the Trump family swamp by pointing out their hypocrisy vis-a-vis your son Hunter, but if you're not able to at least dip a toe, you are 100% not the right candidate to oppose Donald Trump.
Klobuchar did well, but can she out Pete Pete, competing for Biden's voters who are more comfortable with incremental change? She's getting better at this, it appears. But she's so far behind and doesn't appear to have much "it".
Bernie looked good so soon after his MI, and he can take credit for much of what's being discussed. He was already fading somewhat, and this heart attack is his political death knell.
More of this. Less tweets. And I'll be voting you for PhDs top poster award.
I like Klobuchar so much, but she's so far behind. Maybe in 4 or 8 years? Or as VP for someone?...I loved her comment about not fucking up the meaningful gun legislation that's so close to gping thru by pushing the gun confiscation pipedream beto (and others) loves to throw out.
