Thursday, February 20, 2020

Quick take on the 19-Feb-2020 Dem Presidential Debate

Quick rundown of the candidates' debate performance last night: 
 
  • Warren: Comes out of the box with a piledriver on Bloomberg. Later, "you get a punch, and you get a punch, and you get a punch..." to all her stage-mates... but never really takes her eye completely off her stage-neighbor, Bloomberg, and continues to pound away at him furiously. If you thought she had stopped being a fighter, you thought wrong.
  • Sanders: Same message as ever.  Was called a millionaire socialist with 3 houses as an insult and spent time explaining it, which was unfortunate but minor in the grand scheme of things. Sanders didn't go into the debate needing a big win though since he is in the lead and has momentum... all signs point to nothing having changed.
  • Biden: Had a surprisingly strong night given his performances for the last few months.  Not sure it was enough to salvage his campaign though.
  • Buttigieg: While everyone else starts by beating on Bloomberg, Buttigieg begins an attack on Bloomberg but before he actually lands the punch pivots and attacks Sanders. 
  • Klobuchar: Came out swinging against Bloomberg but then spent the rest of the debate driving back and forth between Mediocreville and Disappointing City... speaking of which...
  • Klobuchar & Buttigieg: Proved they're totally fine bickering and slamming each other repeatedly to the mat.  It's almost like they don't like each other much.
  • Bloomberg: Horrible, just horrible.  Showed that he's Trump with a "(D)" next to his name.
  • Steyer: Tried to say he was the good kind of billionaire... wait, no, he didn't make it into the debate.
  • Gabbard: Sir Also-Not-Appearing-On-This-Stage.

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