Amy K and Biden shine at last night's debate. WAPO

[Thekaspervote]

Amy Klobuchar and Joe Biden shine at the Democratic debate. The rest, not so much.

On Medicare-for-all, Biden took it to Sanders for failing to offer a realistic funding mechanism. (He still didn’t present one.) In restating the cheaper avenue — adding a public option — he once more sounded like a grown-up. Klobuchar similarly told Warren and Sanders their plans were fantasy stuff and spoke up for pragmatic progressivism. She effectively scolded Sanders for not paying for his pie-in-the-sky idea and Warren for insisting on Medicare-for-all before she backed off it, wise-cracking, “The Affordable Care Act right now is 10 points more popular than the president of the United States.”

Sanders and Warren sounded like twins on foreign policy — pull out all troops, end all wars — without depth or explanation for the consequences that follow. Neither showed a level of seriousness about how to protect our interests abroad. One would think, based on their answers, that removing troops (not national security) is the goal of the commander in chief.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/15/amy-klobuchar-joe-biden-shine-democratic-debate-rest-not-so-much/

[The Valley Below]

1. Agreed. Klobuchar and Biden won the night. Good showing by Buttiegeg.

Best lines of the night for Warren, but undercut by feud with Sanders and her declaration that she'd withdraw all combat troops around the world.

Terrible night for Sanders. Angry and receptive. Dissed by Warren. Looked bad. No real answers. Platitudes wearing thin.

[boomer_wv]

10. Agreed

You can say that you would try to be diplomatic or whatever, but saying you would withdraw all combat troops everywhere shows a disqualifying level of naivety concerning defense and foreign relations.

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Kasper!

[Blue_true]

3. Jen Rubin isn't exactly an unbiased observer. My guess is she would have a definite bias toward

centrist viewpoints.

[crazytown]

4. Rubin should post her review of the debates before they commence

then add an addendum, 'I was right' afterwards.

[Thekaspervote]

5. Like her or not if you read what I posted it's pretty much how it played out. Did you watch?

[BeyondGeography]

6. The headlines are most always a giveaway

Like this one. See OP, think who could possibly write that, sounds like Rubin. Yup.

[flamingdem]

8. Biden/Klobuchar?

She is certain he'll pick a woman running mate. Hmmm

[squirecam]

12. A great choice

For vp.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. The pair would make a good ticket -- an opinion I've voiced before.

Maybe not the "beloved" of the progressive left, but a *very* comfortable vote for ***INDEPENDENT VOTERS***. And perfectly satisfactory for all Democrats.