So we can all agree Cory Booker won the debate last night.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Cory is the Happy Warrior of our era.

Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?
—It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought
Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45512/character-of-the-happy-warrior

[Autumn]

1. You can. I agree that Elizabeth Warren won the debate last night.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. She delivered a workmanlike performance.

[Autumn]

6. I think we see that differently.

[emulatorloo]

15. She did very well but I don't see it moving her polling numbers

I do think Booker and Castro will get a bump. Warren will hold steady; she is in a great place now.

[spooky3]

27. I agree about Warren, but several did well. Nt

[Autumn]

29. I was pleasantly surprised at how well some did.

[SCantiGOP]

34. apparently, DU has already weighed in on this subject

Booker is still drawing 1% in the DU poll, so that really doesn't translate to a "win."

I think the race fairly quickly boils down to a Biden/Warren contest, with Bernie having god knows what impact by continuing to stay in the race.

[Autumn]

38. Bernie will have no more a negative impact continuing to stay in the race than any of the others. nt

[SCantiGOP]

50. Bernie is the only candidate

that has thus far said that he would not promise to drop out once he is mathematically eliminated.

[sacto95834]

41. I'm with Autumn

It could be where I sit on the spectrum, but I thought Warren did well. I expected her to do well, so an "workman like" performance would be a failure in my eyes. I thought her the clear "winner."

Could be my expectations were so low of DeBasio, but I thought he broke from the rest of the pack and had a moment in the sun.

Booker also did fine. But again, I expected him to do a good job. I would rank him as someone who helped himself rather than hurt.

Finally Castro did okay and brought attention to himself.

The rest were just okay. With the exception of poor O'Rourke, the others did no harm, but did little to break out. I wanted O'Rourke to get his campaign back on track. I do not agree with what he is saying all the time, but I can't help but like him. He looked nervous and thus it affected his performance.

[SouthernProgressive]

2. I really really like Booker.

His depth isn't fake. He is always on a journey and learning. He shares what he has learned and tries to do right. I view him as a really good role model. I'm not making any slight at his Presidential aspirations when I say that. He is the real deal.

[Shell_Seas]

4. No. I do not agree, nor is he in my top 10.

[Irishxs]

7. +1. +1. +1

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Cory Booker is the hero America needs, not the one it deserves.

[gibraltar72]

5. What you talkin about Willis??

[samnsara]

8. i like him a lot but i dont think he won anything...

....except he does have the best smile!

[FBaggins]

9. Um... no

I doubt very much that all will agree with that.

He did find a way to insert himself into more conversations than the others did... and there’s little question that HE thinks he won... but I doubt that his numbers will improve as much as A couple others

[monmouth4]

10. Elizabeth was the winner from what I saw..nt

[Cicada]

11. Why speculate when 538 will soon post the answer?

538 has ratings for each before the debate and will soon contrast with ratings after

[George II]

12. I don't know that anyone won, but Gabbard and Ryan came off looking the worst.

My take was that Booker, Castro, Delaney, and yes even DiBlasio looked the best.

Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Inslee, and Warren were okay

Gabbard and Ryan weren't good at all.

And tossing in the Spanish was strained and kind of silly.

[thesquanderer]

19. I thought Gabbard came off great. But I agree with you about Ryan.

And as for Booker, he was better than I expected, but I think not good enough to significantly move the meter on him.

[bornsunny]

28. I thought Beto did the worst.

I found he had a hard time answering yes or no questions. Gabbard wasn't really given a fair chance and I thought she had the least amount of time to talk.

My man, Booker, did a really good job IMO. Even if he didn't win, I think he still left people with a positive and memorable impression.

[dsp3000]

32. he needs to run for senate

nt

[Kind of Blue]

39. "and yes even DiBlasio looked the best."

I agree with you specifically with that. I haven't seen too much love for him around here.

[George II]

44. I'm not impressed with him as a mayor, which makes me wonder why he decided to do this...

....at all. But he was good last night. Maybe it's the limited time they have. One of the knocks I had on him is that he overtalks what he's trying to say, almost like many of the media people who ask their question, reword it, reask it, then finally shut up and let the interviewee answer.

[Kind of Blue]

47. I don't know what his chances are but I like

what he had to say and how he said it. And as mayor pointing out immigrants aren't causing Americans to fall behind, his universal preK program, $15 minimum wage approval, his World War II vet dad's suicide after the war, and especially his discussion with his black son dealing with the police.

I'm not up on New York City politics so I can only go by some of his record.

[BooScout]

14. Um nope, sorry...

Warren won the debate, with Castro coming in 2nd and Booker coming in 3rd. The only thing really surprising to me right now is that it's taken this long for Castro to be noticed....and that Booker has been so far down in the polling.

[Ohiogal]

54. Agree with you BooScout

[mcar]

64. This

[True Dough]

16. Julian Castro won the debate last night

Booker and Warren were tied for second, IMO.

[33taw]

21. I agree. Castro did well. I thought Delaney looked like a kid trying to get attention.

[AJT]

17. I thought he did very well. I liked his passion and his knowledge of policy.

I still haven't made up my mind.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. I was undecided prior to last night's performance.

I like almost all of our candidates.

[oregonjen]

20. I liked what he had to say last night

Although I really don’t like the fact that he inserts his religious beliefs into the conversation when I’ve listened to him before. I want a candidate that keeps that separate from politics.

[samnsara]

22. someone somewhere at sometime said the candidates we are seeing are all interviewing for a job...

...some may not actually believe they will win the presidency nor do they want to...but there are other cabinet positions they may have their eye on. This is a good way to get their special talents and interests known to the potential winner. Makes sense to me...

[Kind of Blue]

42. Indeed, totally agree! I want all of them to stick around.

[PatSeg]

23. No, I don't see that

He would have been better off not saying anything about politicians not taking contributions from drug companies.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. "No, I don't see that."

Maybe you weren't looking hard enough?

[PatSeg]

52. Everything is a matter of perspective

I was "looking hard", but we all see with our own point of view. Fortunately, we have an extraordinary line up of candidates this time, so I don't have to love them all!

[IronLionZion]

25. He spoke the most but I didn't hear any memorable takeaways or moments

[JudyM]

62. I really like him personally but it seemed he continuously spoke in generalizations we all agree on.

[frazzled]

26. No, I think he and Castro both stood out

Castro perhaps even more so. I like them both and want to see both progress to places on the debate stage in September (which means we need to donate to their campaigns, if even only a little: they need 130,000 individual donors each to qualify, as well as 2% in the polls.)

Both of these men (yeah, they're men, but I'm not biased on that count) exceeded expectations and made names for themselves that could boost their potential.

In the end, by September I'd like to see only about 8 or at most 9 people on stage: and I want at least 2 (or even three of them, say Warren, Harris, Klobochar) to be women.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Cory did very well, but, with 10 candidates on the debate stage, not sure you can say who won...

... maybe, who lost.


Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Politicub]

31. I think he had a great performance. It will be interesting to see how his appearance plays out.

Some of his answers sounded muddled to me, though. He lacked Castro's passion and Warren's vision.

He has a commanding voice, though. He's nice to listen to.

[jcgoldie]

33. NOPE

[gopiscrap]

35. No I would say Warren and Inslee

[cwydro]

36. Obviously not all of us agree.

Just read the responses in this thread.

I don’t think he won either.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. .

[Kind of Blue]

40. Ooh, wish I could completely agree.

For sure he has gone up several notches for me.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. I liked him from the jump. I'm disappointed he hasn't caught on.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287169694

My top five in no particular order

Cory
Joe
Julian
Kamala
Elizabeth

[Kind of Blue]

45. Yes, I want badly to see how far he can rise

up in this contest.

Same people in my top 5 except for Joe though I believe I would vigorously canvass for him. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, my mind and heart belong to your other choices.

[SouthernProgressive]

57. Does Julian go by Julio? NT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

58. Fixed. My bad.

[OhZone]

46. No.

I don't think any of them "won."

I liked a lot of what I heard and vote for any of them, even de Blasio, who was more interesting that I expected.

Oh well.

[TreasonousBastard]

56. This. Notice how who "won" here tracks with preferences.

[OhZone]

65. Yeah, that's common.

Oh well.

[mcar]

48. Warren, Castro, Booker, Klobuchar, Inslee

In that order, IMHO.

[walkingman]

51. Climate Change is still my #1 issue - we shall see how it plays out.

[OBrien]

53. No

[Cousin Dupree]

55. He was great. I was pretty much impressed with what a bright group they were. Any one of them

could beat FROTUS up bad in a battle of wits.

[MrsCoffee]

59. No. I like him a lot but no.

Warren was the obvious winner from all angles.

[crazytown]

60. NYT (and others) Warren Aced It

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1297177

[Bev54]

63. No

He lost my support with his answer on the Iran deal, he is parroting Trump's position and it is just totally wrong no matter who says it.

[babylonsister]

66. No. nt

[Voltaire2]

67. Warren and Castro and DeBlasio.