I think the anger over the Harris- Biden exchange is not because she asked the question

[PatrickforO]

121. I'm supporting Warren now because I'm an economist and really like

her policies. She struck me as the clear winner, along with Castro and Booker, of the debate on Wednesday.

As to last night, Kamala walked away with it. I still think her a bit weak on monetary and fiscal policy, but she nearly won me over last night.

Did you all see the one quote: Swalwell told Biden to pass the torch, and Harris picked it up.

See, I'm 60 as well, and while I like Biden and Sanders, the nagging question is that if they have all these great ideas and can both get so much done, then how come we are in the state we're in now? They have both been in there slugging for decades but things have actually gotten worse. To me, that is the main question and it is a very hard question. Some here may not think it fair. I do, because the stakes are so high. Survival of our republic, and survival of the human species. Can't be much higher than that.

Now, Warren is going to be 70, which doesn't bother me a bit, because I've been able to watch her since she was elected to the Senate and she's got great policy ideas and is a very, very strong champion for all of us. She understands Wall Street, banking and the primacy of the shareholder backwards and forwards, and she's utterly fearless and fierce. Just an outstanding individual who would make an excellent president.

But now there's Harris, Swalwell and Buttigieg. I'm thinking Swalwell will end up leaving the race, but he's elevating the gun control issue. Buttigieg has a stellar future. There's little about him not to like, but he's got to figure out how to gain the confidence and trust of the African American community. Now, he had a really genuine answer to Maddow's hard question about his racial relations, and maybe that did him some good.

I've been thinking too about reparations as a policy. I did not used to support it for a variety of reasons, none of them really good in retrospect. But now, I do support the idea. Problem is, like most white guys, I don't know what that will look like on the ground, and it makes me uncomfortable. Nonetheless, we've got to have those discussions, and we have to do something by way of reparations. It can't just be throwing money at it, either. Oh, each element will have a cost, but what will the elements be? How about we ask the AA community? That's where to start.

As to Buttigieg, he may not make it to the nomination this time around, but he is a genuinely good, smart, articulate person who has decades of great service to the American people in his future. But he's learning you have to think about everybody, and especially about minorities. Because it is a fine line. You want to be fair, but if you don't recognize the playing field wasn't level in the first place, then nothing you do will work at all well. That is what Pete is working through now, and I feel for him, but then how must the family of Eric Logan feel? They are suing the federal government, and the officer. I can't even imagine the fury that must be inside them after a 54-year-old father of seven was killed and the cop claims he had a knife. But where's the knife?

That officer turning off his body camera - bad idea. Swalwell was right. Fire the chief, and fire the officer, and then get the AA community together to help make some really vigorous changes designed to change the culture of policing in South Bend to a more racially unbiased model. And keep those body cams on ALL the time.

But Harris? She walked away with that debate last night and if she is our nominee, she will have my wholehearted support.