US Person has these observations on last night's performance:
- You cannot fairly call these media assemblies "debates" until the number of participants is reduced to a manageable size. There is very little time for leading candidates to exchange ideas despite the three hours allotted. While Tulsi is photogenic, I would rather hear Bernie and Elizabeth spend air time explaining how Medicare for All is NOT going to require 'Merica to sell the Pentagon. You need an extra-wide camera lens just to fit everybody into one shot! The picture above is a suggested solution to this problem.
- Bernie Sanders did well for a guy that just survived a heart attack. It seemed to US that he did not get a fair share of attention from the moderators. He jokingly accused them of "taking it easy" on him. When he did get a chance to speak, he came across forcefully and more articulately than Joe Biden who is two years younger than him. He scored a point against Biden for "getting things done", like the Iraq War, NAFTA and bankruptcy 'reform' for finance companies.
- Elizabeth Warren was treated as the front runner by the other candidates and got a little testy when she was peppered with criticisms and questions. She refused to answer Kamala Harris's request to join her in asking Twitter to remove the Malignant One's account on grounds of corporate responsibility. Warren has only lately come around to people financing her campaign, after the original Sanders showed her the way, again. She repeatedly dodged questions on Medicare for All.
- Mayor Pete Buttigieg is the obvious champion of the younger Democratic faithful. He repeatedly chided the older Democrats for talking about progressive issues, but accomplishing very little. That criticism is somewhat unfair given a totally uncooperative majority in the Senate for most of his lifetime. A counterpoint against the Mayor from Gary: Gary, Indiana was recently voted on-line "the most miserable city" in 'Merica.
- Of the second-tier candidates, Julian Castro was the most impressive, scoring points on the problem of gun violence, which includes police involved murders in his opinion, and immigration policy, asking how absurd is it is for a president of the United States to be putting innocent children in jail at the border, but allowing ISIS fighters to escape detention in Syria. Answer, very, but then we are dealing with a sociopathic narcissist occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
- All candidates now agree that Il Douche should be impeached by the House of Representatives--finally! Although Gabbard still sounds a little dubious on the issue. And the corporate media is still avoiding the elephant in the room: climate change