Debate thread #1

[highplainsdem]

since I haven't seen anyone else start one yet...

[scheming daemons]

1. Amy is the only one who directly answered the first question

[emmaverybo]

2. Thanks highplainsdem!

[hlthe2b]

3. Good... One was started in GD about the moving background... but that will likely be locked.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Sounds like it's being held underwater

Or something.

[elleng]

5. Thanks

[tishaLA]

6. I don't dislike Yang, but this first answer

is terrible.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. I have to agree

All the other candidates gave good answers to the first question, but Yang lost me.

[highplainsdem]

10. I agree.

[JohnnyLib2]

7. Glad to have it. Thanks.

[highplainsdem]

8. Looks like Klobuchar is having another good debate night, so far.

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. She had a very strong start

[nolabear]

28. She is doing well. I do like her. Heck, I like several.

Joe, Warren, Klobuchar. But Joe needs a chance to speak!

[SKKY]

12. Amy and Pete have both come out of the blocks strong.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. +1

[snowybirdie]

13. Yang is

seriously out of his depth. Doesn't answer questions, but recites his campaign talking points.

[MFGsunny]

14. thank you for stepping up for us!

[highplainsdem]

15. Warren sounds like she's delivering part of a stump speech, not participating in a debate or

conversation. Sounds very rehearsed.

[tblue37]

19. It's a great stump speech. nt

[phleshdef]

22. Lets be fair now. That is what most candidates do.

[highplainsdem]

32. She interrupted to make a point, then delivered a speech instead. I don't recall seeing her do that

in earlier debates. Of course, her polls haven't been as good, and I'm sure she's determined to get as much time as possible.

[BeyondGeography]

38. Yeah, we get it

Warren bad, everyone else, not so bad.

[highplainsdem]

47. No, that isn't what I said. It seemed like an atypical speech compared to what she'd said in

earlier debates.

[blm]

48. IKR?

Oy

[phleshdef]

42. She is always extra with her passion.

I find it innocuous.

[BeyondGeography]

25. That's because people are just tuning in for the most part

They aren’t political junkies like us.

[tblue37]

16. I love Liz Warren!! nt

[blm]

24. She nails it.

[highplainsdem]

17. Please dial down the volume, Bernie...

[emmaverybo]

27. Both he and Warren are intense," hot" speakers I have a hard time listening to. Both strain their

vocals. But it’s an energetic, activist style of delivery many like. I hear it as too loud, too fraught, too all on one level. Same for the gesturing—too busy and heated for my preference.

[highplainsdem]

39. +1,000,000

[MH1]

18. Whenever it's Sandes' turn, I have to turn down the volume :(

Geez, dude.

Bad enough that FIOS effed up my TV today and I have to watch the online stream. Having to keep adjusting the volume isn't helping my mood.

[MustLoveBeagles]

20. A link to livestream is in highplainsdem's other thread

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287387028

[bullwinkle428]

21. Is Judy Woodruff going to let the other moderators participate at some point?

[elleng]

26. Change coming up, as they planned.

[emmaverybo]

29. I like Amy K and Pete B's delivery style. Emphatic but not over-amped. Good vocal control and

variety.

[nolabear]

30. Joe's doing really well. Details on energy opportunities are great.

[JoeOtterbein]

31. Bernie leads on Climate Change!

Great response!

[George II]

34. Nope.

[Uncle Joe]

41. +1

[George II]

33. Good to see the podiums are far enough away that no one gets their eyes poked out tonight.

[JoeOtterbein]

40. NO!

We are Dems. Not Repubs!

[Sparkly]

35. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar

My two favorites, for my two cents...

[Otto Lidenbrock]

36. i liked joe's answer on climate change ... very detailed ... but also very long

the question was more of a yes/no and why question.

[JoeOtterbein]

37. Liz and Bernie are burning...

...the stage on the climate change issue!!!

[highplainsdem]

43. Great answer from Biden on working with Republicans.

[judeling]

44. Absolutely

Finally he got the pitch right

[Cha]

46. Oh yeah.. good to know! thanks for your thread, hpd!

[tblue37]

45. Good answer, Joe! nt

[tishaLA]

49. "With all due respect, Senator....

this is a question about race"

[Cha]

51. I'm not watching, tish.. who was that

addressed to?

Thank you!

[highplainsdem]

53. Sanders.

[Cha]

55. Yeah, just confirming.. that was

my best educated guess.

Mahalo!

[Cha]

86. Oh dear God Bernie don't duck the question about race? Please.

Link to tweet

[tishaLA]

56. The junior senator from VT

and the audienjce cheered when the moderator said it

[Cha]

58. Yay! Thought so..

Mahalo!

[Cha]

80. Joan Walsh: Oh dear God Bernie don't duck the question about race? Please.

Link to tweet

[tishaLA]

87. LOL

He responded to the moderator by talking about climate change! And when she challenged him, he said that it's because climate change is about race, too, because people of color are disproportionately impacted by climate change, which is true as far as it goes, but.....

[Cha]

95. Thanks for that, tish.

[Cha]

50. "Very strong answer on climate from @JoeBiden."

Link to tweet

[highplainsdem]

52. Thanks for that link, Cha!

[Cha]

54. you're Very Welcome, hpd!

[BeyondGeography]

57. Pete stands up for Hong Kong

[Hermit-The-Prog]

59. all I want to know is, what fucking moron came up with the moving background?

[littlemissmartypants]

66. Yep! Reminds me of a bad acid flashback. Seriously wrong move on the part of the producers. nt

[BeyondGeography]

68. And the talking heads during the breaks

I have them muted. Not my idea of relaxation to be pre-spun on the spin.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

70. my mute button works then, too!

[Cha]

60. Great answer on the economy. The Obama admin did fantastic given the hand

Link to tweet

[tishaLA]

61. Good answer from Sen Klobuchar

about tRump turning tail and running away when leaders at NATO were caught laughing at him. "He ran away. America doesn't run away."

[blm]

74. That was great

[tishaLA]

62. heh. Sen Klobuchar is getting salty

"With all due respect...mayor..."

[littlemissmartypants]

63. I love Amy getting gutsy on the 1st ammendment! nt

[highplainsdem]

64. Klobuchar just took a swipe at Buttigieg's mayor-only experience. Will be interesting to see

if he responds later.

[Cha]

65. "I know I'm biased.. But.."

Link to tweet

[phleshdef]

67. This is a pretty good debate so far. Less candidates and well moderated.

[tblue37]

75. Biden is doing very well in this debate. nt

[tblue37]

77. Good line, Liz!! nt

[Bayard]

69. Dang!

I missed the first hour, thinking it would come on at 8:00 central like all the others.

They're going 3 hours?!

[elleng]

72. til 11 est

[littlemissmartypants]

71. Is it time to start a new thread? nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

89. Here's the one I just started if anyone's interested

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287387259

[tishaLA]

73. Where power resides "is not black or white, male or female"?

Ummmm. I think I' dispute that pretty strongly, but that's how the junior senator from VT rolls.

[MrsCoffee]

76. No shit. Very self serving comment.

Still out of touch with women.

[tishaLA]

81. and POC

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

83. He doesn't seem to have any other angle.

No matter what you ask him, his answer is always about getting rid of billionaires.

[Cha]

88. smh..

Link to tweet

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

94. It's all the fault of the billionaires that there is racism.

If there were no billionaires we'd all live in peace and harmony. Just ask Bernie.

[Cha]

96. "Billionaire" rut.

[BeyondGeography]

78. Lol Warren

I’d also be the youngest woman President in history.

Perfect.

[MustLoveBeagles]

84. That was a great comment

[flamingdem]

101. Best quote of the night!

Well done

[brooklynite]

79. Everyone is doing well tonight

[tblue37]

98. +1. nt

[highplainsdem]

82. Warren again trying to take as much time as possible.

[highplainsdem]

91. Kudos to Buttigieg for his responses to Warren.

[ecstatic]

102. Yikes! I support Warren, but Pete

obliterated her in that exchange. I'm a little surprised she took that route tonight.

[highplainsdem]

103. She sees Buttigieg as a threat now. Sanders is really more of a threat to her, but

she can't go after him without losing even more of the progressive support she's picked up from him this year, some of which she lost already because of her changing positions on MFA.

[ecstatic]

104. Perhaps. But aren't people who like Sanders

supporting Sanders? Personally, I'm not a fan of his. I'd be thrilled if she shut him down.

[highplainsdem]

105. The shifts in support shown in polling have shown she's taken some support from Sanders, and

then lost part of it again. She also had picked up some support from moderates, which had surprised me until I saw interviews indicating some people supporting her actually didn't realize she supported MFA (they thought it was the public option), and she apparently lost some of them to Buttigieg the last couple of months.

[nolabear]

85. LOL! I don't usually cheer for running over time, but Go Liz!

[nolabear]

90. Well I did not expect a Warren--Budagieg tussle! 😱

[highplainsdem]

93. I did, in a way, since Warren's been coming across as desperate.

[BeyondGeography]

99. You sound desperate to bury her

Not happening.

[highplainsdem]

100. Nope. Just commenting on what she does.

[brooklynite]

92. Well, THAT was an energetic Warren-Buttigieg debate..

[highplainsdem]

97. Debate thread #2 here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287387259