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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Boston Globe: Grading the debate performance of the Democratic candidates
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/08/metro/scorecard-grading-debate-performance-democratic-candidates/by James Pindell
Quick summary:
Sanders: A
Klobuchar: B+
Buttigieg: B
Steyer: B
Biden: C
Warren: C-
Yang: F
I was moving furniture around tonight and I only listened to the last half of the debate. I also have not read threads #3 and #4 on DU, but it doesn't appear that the grades from the Boston Globe are consistent with the limited amount of information that I have available.
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Boston Globe: Grading the debate performance of the Democratic candidates (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Feb 2020
OP
Sounds about right, tho I'd switch Joe's & Elizabeth's grades due to Joe's yellin a bit too much.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Feb 2020
#9
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)1. Yang an F? Hard to take these grades seriously.
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squirecam
(2,706 posts)2. Letting Trump go unpunished
Would get an F for me. But besides that, every answer was his $1000 speech.
Warren at C-? I dont think so.
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)3. An F for me is Bush vs Kerry level bad...
So damaging that it changes the trajectory of the race. Think Rick Perry and his three things he'd get rid of moment.
Yang wasn't strong but an F? Eh.
I'd rank them:
Amy: A
Bernie: B
Biden: B
Mayor Pete: B-
Warren: B-
Steyer: B-
Yang: C
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PatSeg
(47,399 posts)5. That's a little closer
to what I would grade them, though I think Bernie a little lower and Warren a little higher (she did get a whole lot of air time).
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PatSeg
(47,399 posts)4. Seriously?
Did they even watch the debate? Certainly not the debate I watched.
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Green Line
(1,123 posts)8. James Pindell is an idiot
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Cha
(297,154 posts)11. Who the hell is james pindell?
Sounds like he has an agenda.
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Green Line
(1,123 posts)12. He's been anti Biden since he announced
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Cha
(297,154 posts)13. So it sounds like he just threw some letters
out there to suit his narrative.
Thank you!
If I were to vote in a presidential
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PatSeg
(47,399 posts)15. Grading Sanders higher than Klobuchar
was a definite indication that perhaps he had an agenda.
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relayerbob
(6,544 posts)6. and Trump gets to repeat the third grade
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scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)7. Only a die-hard Sanders stan would have that rating
He got Yang right, though.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)9. Sounds about right, tho I'd switch Joe's & Elizabeth's grades due to Joe's yellin a bit too much.
Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)14. How did Sanders merit an A?
Did he learn a new word?
If I were to vote in a presidential
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