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I think tonight's debate was bad for us. [View all] boston bean Feb 2020 OP

it is a reflection of who is left in the race Skittles Feb 2020 #1

True but people have short memories. It will be a footnote by next week. nt Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #2

No, we need more of these debates wellst0nev0ter Feb 2020 #3

..but not use it on each other... town halls are much better. samnsara Feb 2020 #57

Then what's the point of a primary? wellst0nev0ter Feb 2020 #75

We need people who can bring a gun to a knifefight. NoDakLinda Feb 2020 #83

It's messy, but wouldn't you say Frasier Balzov Feb 2020 #4

I don't think the "non politicos" turned in... brooklynite Feb 2020 #5

jinx... fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author hangaleft Feb 2020 #64

It had a record audience of 15 to 16 million. n/t totodeinhere Feb 2020 #88

I doubt that "non politicos" tuned in to the debate. fleabiscuit Feb 2020 #6

Bits and pieces of it customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #81

Ya it was pretty ugly CentralMass Feb 2020 #7

I was disheartened GanjaGrower Feb 2020 #9

Yes, it was bad... VarryOn Feb 2020 #10

I thought it was great! cilla4progress Feb 2020 #11

Politics "ain't beanbag" Raine Feb 2020 #12

Look at what Тяцмр did in the Republican primary debates. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2020 #13

Was thinking the same crimycarny Feb 2020 #30

I see it differently Mersky Feb 2020 #14

I agree with you 100% but the only problem is sdfernando Feb 2020 #76

I've been thinking about such Mersky Feb 2020 #80

Passion and fighting for their political lives Jarqui Feb 2020 #15

It was ugly. My current candidate (Steyer) may have won by not being on the stage. hay rick Feb 2020 #16

I thought it was GREAT too! none of us saw any of the candidates actually fight. How do you napi21 Feb 2020 #17

Bloomberg said it randr Feb 2020 #18

Why waste time mentioning eTrump's failures Moderateguy Feb 2020 #23

Because they are there to win votes to beat Trump randr Feb 2020 #25

They first need to defeat the others on stage with them Moderateguy Feb 2020 #26

I'm not sure. I know people who think Dems lack backbone spooky3 Feb 2020 #19

I enjoyed the debate. True Blue American Feb 2020 #55

Me and My Shadow NoDakLinda Feb 2020 #84

Primaries are bloody. It wasn't bad for us completely. CalFione Feb 2020 #20

Maybe. But by contrast my whole family watched and we were PatrickforO Feb 2020 #21

Agreed with everything except for this. BlueWI Feb 2020 #66

I thought that too, about Warren, and what you say about Pete. PatrickforO Feb 2020 #68

+1 eom BlueWI Feb 2020 #69

Re: Our nominee is going to have to fight tooth and nail, and not worry about getting ugly. NoDakLinda Feb 2020 #85

Our nominee will have to find a way to do both using the resources they PatrickforO Feb 2020 #86

The last "tooth and nail" primary campaign Codeine Feb 2020 #89

Me too democrattotheend Feb 2020 #22

"it Was not something to be proud of for sure." myohmy2 Feb 2020 #24

I'm quite worried. Hoyt Feb 2020 #27

Vetting ourselves to winnow down. emmaverybo Feb 2020 #28

That would be acceptable if Skidmore Feb 2020 #74

I think it's the first sign of life and passion in this primary. Renew Deal Feb 2020 #29

+1 CrispyQ Feb 2020 #79

I think the world needed to know who Bloomberg is and that was accomplished. Tonight was necessary. Skya Rhen Feb 2020 #31

Agree Meowmee Feb 2020 #32

Agree n/t mdelaguna Feb 2020 #53

Didn't watch, sounded like a clusterfuck by my family's reaction. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #33

Meh. American attention span: 3-4 minutes tops. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #34

Remember how ugly the Republican primary debates were? frazzled Feb 2020 #35

It did hurt them--Trump won. They're BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #37

Well, yeah ... and that could happen to us as well frazzled Feb 2020 #70

Kind of feel the same way. I feel like Democrats sometimes BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #71

Actually it did hurt them, and also because they had too many candidates in the race, they took still_one Feb 2020 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2020 #36

It was not a debate it was reality tv. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #44

I have to agree. Tipperary Feb 2020 #38

I have no idea, but I do believe that some of us live in a bubble, and believe the general still_one Feb 2020 #39

I saw more agreement than disagreement. Laelth Feb 2020 #41

Great perspective SomewhereInTheMiddle Feb 2020 #49

I think it was too. Several FB friends started posting things like helpisontheway Feb 2020 #42

I liked the debate - it was the first one that wasn't boring womanofthehills Feb 2020 #43

Democrats have no fire. Democrats have too much fire. They're too nice. They're too mean. Blue_Adept Feb 2020 #45

At this late stage with so many candidates dividing the vote... it's necessary. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #46

Their first obligation is to win the primary uponit7771 Feb 2020 #47

Same here. Owl Feb 2020 #48

Nonsense nobuddy Feb 2020 #50

Agreed sigh144 Feb 2020 #52

from what I've read this morning on line, some democracy broke out up in there. Kurt V. Feb 2020 #51

this is why i never watch the dem debates. Hell we had parties for the GOP debates.. samnsara Feb 2020 #54

Do you really want to send a candidate up against Trump who can't handle a debate? Apollo Zeus Feb 2020 #56

I didn't hear much of people going after trump. Did you? boston bean Feb 2020 #58

That is what primaries are for Apollo Zeus Feb 2020 #59

Depends on what you mean by debate frazzled Feb 2020 #72

I rather enjoyed it. We need a person that goes after the jugular when they get doc03 Feb 2020 #60

I agree. We better coalesce soon or Bernie will harangue us into a 40 state loss. Squinch Feb 2020 #61

I think the debate was very useful. People don't vote on policy. They vote on character. Taraman Feb 2020 #62

I want more of last night nobuddy Feb 2020 #87

Democrats in a circular firing squad while Trump sits back and laughs. honest.abe Feb 2020 #63

Respectfully, BlueWI Feb 2020 #73

Bookmarking. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #65

It didn't tell us much for the general Midnightwalk Feb 2020 #67

Some conventional wisdom on the debate we can live without Gothmog Feb 2020 #77

Sports message boards were rejoicing last night Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #78

That's just great. Sounded like a real shitshow for the masses. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #82