The absloute winner of this debate!!!

[Eko]

Is us and our party. Everyone there was great.

[onetexan]

1. K&R

Mostly great candidates

[GP6971]

2. K & R n/t

[Politicub]

3. K&R!!

[Honeycombe8]

4. It was a good debate. Very good. These were PROS...all of 'em ready for prime time. nt

[ancianita]

5. It was a powerful thing to witness.

I'm feeling a Warren/Harris 2020 coming on.

But I loved Buttegieg.

[barbtries]

6. i think that's an overstatement,

but overall, yes, America is winning the debates.

[PatrickforO]

7. These two nights were probably the best presidential debates I've seen.

They REALLY got down to the issues and that had to resound with the audience. Wonder how many people were watching.

[Kind of Blue]

8. Hear! Hear! K&R!

[moosewhisperer]

9. Ummm...

...Marianne Williamson?

[technotwit]

10. Winner, winner - chicken dinner

The winner was MSNBC...

[Eko]

25. Thanks for the amazing insight!

[mobeau69]

11. Everyone was not great and saying so doesn't make it true.

Harris was great. Buttigieg was great. Biden and Bernie, not so much.

[Eko]

24. Thanks for setting me straight.

Dont know what I would have done without you stepping in and helping to set me straight, maybe think all of our candidates would be a complete breath of fresh air? Now I can be jaded. Thanks!

[sacto95834]

12. Great Debate

Much more energy than the first night. Love how they all punched the Orange One....not only great arguments but funny.

[sigh144]

13. Harris lost me.

Painting the guy who was the first black President's VP and good friend as a racist......what a joke.

She won the exchange obviously, and had him flustered big time......so it worked I guess.

Still way out of line........

[Chemisse]

14. She specifically said she does NOT believe he is a racist - twice.

She criticized a specific anti-busing stance by Biden.

It's tough for Biden to explain or defend positions he held decades ago, but that goes with his presidential bid, and he needs to be much more nimble with answers.

[hlthe2b]

26. I'm remind of this quote: "Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts"

(Credit to the epic Game of Thrones, Ned Stark... )

But yes, the quote applies, unfortunately.

This sentence formation seeks to inextricably attach the loaded word to the individual named in the sentence.
Like saying "I don't think she's fat, but..." or "He's really not an asshole, but" or ....

Regrettably, I believe it was intentional. It clearly was pre-planned.

[lillypaddle]

19. If he can't handle Harris

how would he fare in a general election? You know, if you can't stand the heat ...

[Chemisse]

30. Exactly. He needs vigorous sparring in the primaries.

Rivals do him no favors by coddling him.

[mtnsnake]

15. Sorry, but Gillibrand was not great. Otherwise,yes, it was a winner overall for our party.

[AlexSFCA]

27. she wasn't bad

I’m surprised she came across as sincere in some answers.

[FakeNoose]

16. I found Bernie Sanders extremely annoying

... also Kristin Gillibrand. But I even question why was Sanders included on the dais, since he's not a member of our Party. He takes every opportunity to criticize our Party and our Democratic leaders.

The younger ones - Buttigieg, Swalwell, O'Rourke, and perhaps even Gabbard - are the future of our Party. They aren't the heavy hitters now but they will be in the future. Kamala Harris was in that group, but she's just crossed over (in my opinion) into the inner circle of actual leaders of today.

I still think Joe Biden has what it takes to bring this home. I really enjoyed the 2nd night's debate much more than the 1st night.

[mcar]

17. So proud of our deep bench!

[Eko]

23. Me also!

[lillypaddle]

18. No they weren't

C'mon, we're not FR, we can face the truth.

Marianne Williamson was dreadful but entertaining
Joe blew it.
Eric Swalwell didn't help himself - at all.
BS was belligerent, as usual, and full of himself.

That's okay, we need to winnow down the field for the next debate.

[Eko]

22. Thanks for giving me the truth.

I totally appreciate it, I needed that to bring me back down to,,,,,,,,, whatever place you are in.

[lillypaddle]

31. Lots of others giving you the "truth"

as they see it here. You know, JMHO and all that jazz.

[Eko]

32. Its always amusing to see someone

mistake their opinion as the truth, even more so to double down on it.

[lillypaddle]

33. I said it's JMHO, didn't I?

My opinion = my truth. Thanks for playing. Now go pick on someone else.

[Eko]

34. sure.

"C'mon, we're not FR, we can face the truth."
Go play somewhere else if you don't like it, Its my post.

[EarnestPutz]

20. We all see what we want to see, even us totally objective DUers. That's not...

...to say that many of our observations are not correct. One of us is enamored with Bernie and his style and holds forth that he is "an old school True Believer who knows how to fight the good fight and not be distracted by the noise of his critics". Another observer, not a supporter of Bernie, sees the same style and same message and holds forth with the same conviction that Bernie's time has passed and we need something new and more progressive, or more mainstream and less radical. The differences are in us, let's not forget that.

[Eko]

21. well said!

[EarnestPutz]

29. Thank you. I sort of liked it too.

[IronLionZion]

28. We have smart candidates with bold ideas and great messaging

unlike the steaming pile of trash on the other side

[DallasNE]

35. Very High Viewership

When is the next round? Right after Labor Day would be about right. And it helps to have so many highly qualified candidates.

[Honeycombe8]

36. I liked the 2nd debate. But objectively, not everyone "was great." nt