Boston Globe: Grading the debate performance of the Democratic candidates

[TexasTowelie]

by James Pindell


Summary:

Sanders - B+
Buttigieg - B
Biden - B-
Warren - C+
Bloomberg - C
Steyer - D
Klobuchar - Participation badge

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/26/metro/scorecard-grading-debate-performance-democratic-candidates/

[Sloumeau]

1. I am not sure how anyone thinks that Sanders...

did better than Buttigieg. Maybe he got extra points for waving his hands around in the air?

[George II]

3. Boston Globe. That's why.

[ramen]

31. Does that publication typically lean towards Sanders?

There is no shortage of coverage of his shortcomings, in my experience, and I don't mean that the publication is unfair to him.

[Cha]

4. Because it's james pindell.. and every time has BS at the

top.. mostly with an "A".. so he's come down a notch in pindell's biased eye.

[Green Line]

22. Exactly right, Pindell is a biased idiot

[BlueMTexpat]

32. He's always anti-Warren

and this time, he shows clearly shows his misogyny, giving Klobuchar a "participation badge."

Sheesh!

[Cha]

33. I don't know why the Boston Globe sullies

their Rep by letting pindell gaslight the debate winners.

Hey Aloha, Blue

[BlueMTexpat]

34. Mahalo, Cha!

[Blue_true]

5. You have to know the columnist that did the grading.

Maybe the person is a total Bernie fanboy or fangirl and it would not matter if the others mopped the floor with Bernie.

The true answer comes on Saturday.

[Cal Carpenter]

14. As a Sanders supporter

I think this Boston Globe grading seems to always inflate Bernie's grade, lol.

He shines at moments but debate is not his strongest skill. Especially when he's on the defensive like he was tonight.

[Celerity]

19. I admire this honesty, it is so rare atm

I can never bring myself to be rah-rah 24-7 for Pete either. I admit when he has issues, like his more than likely fatal weakness with my fellow people of colour. Most of my time is spent defending him from scurrilous little and large, dodgy as fuck attacks, but when it is a legit criticism I always try to be fair and accept it.

[PatSeg]

15. That was possibly Bernie's worst

debate performance so far.

The Boston Globe's ratings don't match what pretty much everyone else is saying.

[floppyboo]

27. CBS real time poll 1000+ nationwide voted Bernie #1, Biden close 2nd, then Warren

I agree it wasn't a good performance - by anyone - especially the moderators.
Bernie had a worse performance - the one when his voice was so hoarse he could barely speak. A bad look.
But, thank heavens, he is better than ever now. But those moderators, and the paid crowd - meh

[StevieM]

2. I don't think Sanders did too well and I don't think Steyer did too badly.

I felt like Mayor Pete had a much better night than people are giving him credit for.

[George II]

6. From what I saw, Buttigieg and Biden were close winners, Klobuchar did well and may have done....

...better if given more time. Bloomberg improved over last week. Steyer and Sanders brought up the rear.

I wouldn't be surprised if Steyer drops out after Saturday's primary.

[StevieM]

8. I agree that Steyer may drop out on Saturday night. Gabbard too.

But I thought he did pretty well tonight.

Klobuchar was OK, but nothing special.

I felt that Buttigieg won, followed by Biden.

I think Sanders did much worse than the media is saying.

It will be interesting to see what the ratings were for tonight's debate. It was on network television, so that may push up the ratings.

[George II]

11. Gosh, I completely forgot about Gabbard....

How did I do that?

[PatSeg]

16. That's pretty much how I saw it

Buttigieg did very well tonight. I think Warren went a bit too far in her attacks on Bloomberg.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. She really did go too far, and I was shocked. I thought she was out of line. n/t

[PatSeg]

29. It was definitely overkill

and the initial punch loses its impact if you just keep punching.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. True! It's also ugly. It's a bad look for her. n/t

[Sloumeau]

7. This will brighten your day:

[link:https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/politics/who-won-south-carolina-debate/index.html|]

Chris Cillizza's winners and losers from the 10th presidential debate

WINNERS

* Pete Buttigieg: The former South Bend, Indiana, mayor was at his absolute best in this debate. He found several occasions to make direct contrasts with Bernie Sanders -- most notably on the dangers for Democrats of nominating a democratic socialist and the differences in their health care plans -- which is a win in and of itself. Buttigieg also flashed a sense of humor when plugging his website to encourage donations, which was a welcome moment of levity in a debate defined by people shouting at one another at very close range. If voters were looking for a Sanders alternative who looked like he could be commander in chief in this debate, Buttigieg made a very good case for himself.

[StevieM]

12. Thanks. That was a good read. (eom)

[brush]

9. Isn't he the same pro-Sanders guy who grades on the curve? He's the only one who says Sanders won.

[Cha]

18. you can count on it.. every debate pindell has BS at

the top.. I was expecting this.. but down to a B+.. trouble in paradise?!! lol

It's ridiculous.. why does the Boston Globe put up with this.. insulting our intelligence?

[floppyboo]

28. Not the only one who says he won, but aside from that, he's the guy who predicted Beto nt

[JudyM]

10. Warren did far better than that, IMO.

And Buttigieg kept interrupting other people’s time at length — loses points for poor sportsmanship/arrogance.

[SunSeeker]

13. What debate did they watch?

[Moderateguy]

17. The same one everyone else did

You lens is distorted if you have a preferred candidate

[Cha]

20. the same debate pindell watches every time.. BS

is the "winner" always

I don't know how the Boston Globe puts up with this.

[Green Line]

23. The Globe has become useless

[relayerbob]

21. But no bias there

Not even close to how I'd score it

[Indykatie]

24. This Writer's Bias for Sanders Has Been Well Documented

Bernie could sh*t on the stage and he'd still get the best grade from Pindell.

[Cha]

35. Exactly.. might even get an A+

for distraction. lol

[mvd]

25. Considering the amount of time he had..

and the number of attacks, Bernie did well IMO. He did not wilt like Bloomberg did in the first debate. He did what he had to do, IMO.

The grades for the others don’t make sense, however. I would put them something like this:

Sanders A-
Warren A-
Biden B+
Klobuchar - B-
Buttigieg - B- (points off for the 60s comment which was really a compliment IMO, and overuse of putting himself in the middle)
Steyer - C (I like him but he was unfocused tonight)
Bloomberg - C-