Democratic Primaries

Mersky

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80. I've been thinking about such

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 04:38 PM

Feb 2020

I reckon he needs to show up for at least one debate, otherwise he’ll look weak. Only one debate won’t give him the chance for a do-over if he goes down with “you’re the puppet” type garbage. I’m not certain he’ll refuse to debate.

As he surveys the field, each candidate must make him sweat for one reason or another. Is he gonna go after every one of them with his mafia like abuses of power? I thought last night was pretty strong across the board.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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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