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Democratic Primaries

TexasTowelie

(126,244 posts) Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:32 AM Feb 2020

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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

Yang an F? Hard to take these grades seriously. Drunken Irishman Feb 2020 #1

Letting Trump go unpunished squirecam Feb 2020 #2

An F for me is Bush vs Kerry level bad... Drunken Irishman Feb 2020 #3

That's a little closer PatSeg Feb 2020 #5

Seriously? PatSeg Feb 2020 #4

James Pindell is an idiot Green Line Feb 2020 #8

Who the hell is james pindell? Cha Feb 2020 #11

He's been anti Biden since he announced Green Line Feb 2020 #12

So it sounds like he just threw some letters Cha Feb 2020 #13

Grading Sanders higher than Klobuchar PatSeg Feb 2020 #15

and Trump gets to repeat the third grade relayerbob Feb 2020 #6

Only a die-hard Sanders stan would have that rating scheming daemons Feb 2020 #7

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

... sheshe2 Feb 2020 #10

How did Sanders merit an A? OilemFirchen Feb 2020 #14

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

1. Yang an F? Hard to take these grades seriously.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:35 AM

Feb 2020

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squirecam

(2,706 posts)

2. Letting Trump go unpunished

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:39 AM

Feb 2020

Would get an F for me. But besides that, every answer was his $1000 speech.

Warren at C-? I don’t think so.

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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

3. An F for me is Bush vs Kerry level bad...

Reply to squirecam (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:42 AM

Feb 2020

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

(52,545 posts)

5. That's a little closer

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:46 AM

Feb 2020

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

(52,545 posts)

4. Seriously?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:43 AM

Feb 2020

Did they even watch the debate? Certainly not the debate I watched.

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Green Line

(1,134 posts)

8. James Pindell is an idiot

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:01 AM

Feb 2020

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Cha

(317,702 posts)

11. Who the hell is james pindell?

Reply to Green Line (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:09 AM

Feb 2020

Sounds like he has an agenda.

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Green Line

(1,134 posts)

12. He's been anti Biden since he announced

Reply to Cha (Reply #11)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:18 AM

Feb 2020

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Cha

(317,702 posts)

13. So it sounds like he just threw some letters

Reply to Green Line (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:25 AM

Feb 2020

out there to suit his narrative.

Thank you!

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PatSeg

(52,545 posts)

15. Grading Sanders higher than Klobuchar

Reply to Green Line (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 08:47 AM

Feb 2020

was a definite indication that perhaps he had an agenda.

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relayerbob

(7,394 posts)

6. and Trump gets to repeat the third grade

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:51 AM

Feb 2020

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scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)

7. Only a die-hard Sanders stan would have that rating

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 12:54 AM

Feb 2020

He got Yang right, though.

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InAbLuEsTaTe

(25,516 posts)

9. Sounds about right, tho I'd switch Joe's & Elizabeth's grades due to Joe's yellin a bit too much.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:02 AM

Feb 2020

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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sheshe2

(96,606 posts)

10. ...

Reply to InAbLuEsTaTe (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:08 AM

Feb 2020

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OilemFirchen

(7,288 posts)

14. How did Sanders merit an A?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:27 AM

Feb 2020

Did he learn a new word?

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