My take on this Democratic debate (your mileage may vary):
1⃣ Warren
2⃣ Sanders
3⃣ Buttigieg
4⃣ Steyer
5⃣ Biden
6⃣ Klobuchar
I try to take everything into account: ideas, persuasiveness, presentation, eloquence and avoidance of gaffes. I don't grade on a curve based on polling.
1⃣ Warren
2⃣ Sanders
3⃣ Buttigieg
4⃣ Steyer
5⃣ Biden
6⃣ Klobuchar
I try to take everything into account: ideas, persuasiveness, presentation, eloquence and avoidance of gaffes. I don't grade on a curve based on polling.
PS/ Keep in mind the way post-debate assessment works: the *most* disagreement will be where *overall* polling contradicts my assessment of *this* debate. So people will be upset with me about Biden and Steyer, and, as ever, those who despise Sanders will make their voices heard.
PS2/ A separate observation I'll make: Democrats who hate Bernie Sanders have to make a choice now. Either they can all get behind Biden, who is fading and will continue to fade, or they can all get behind *Warren*, who is at least at the extreme end of what is palatable to them.
PS3/ The lamest, stupidest, and most out-of-touch Democrats—as ever, the DNC flacks—are going to shill for Biden until the end, and in doing so they will miss their big chance to knock Bernie Sanders out by getting behind Elizabeth Warren. They are, as ever, short-sighted morons.
