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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Basically, that was a failure. Candidates ran roughshod over the moderators and spoke way longer than they were supposed to, the questions were largely a bunch of "dance for us", non-policy driven TV, the answers were standard empty platitudes, sound bites and anecdotes, and they talked more or less not at all about jobs and the economy, other than a couple of pivots from questions not directly about jobs and the economy. And Biden, who started well, really fell apart as the thing went on, which (along with the protestors interrupting him) is probably 90% of what people will talk about following tonight.
I'm sure this debate helped some candidates' chances to get the nomination and hurt others', but it sure as hell didn't do anything for the Democrats' chances of beating Trump.
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Is this really the point of the primary season debates though? The point of these debates is to appeal to Democratic voters, and to distinguish oneself from the other Democratic candidates, all of whom the primary electorate views as clearly superior to Trump. The biggest “highlights” of the 2016 GOP Primary debates were Trump calling his opponents names (Lyin’ Ted, Little Marco, etc.) and Trump’s “debate” with Rubio about whether his hand size means he has a small dick. It’s still only September 2019 and if the Democratic candidate cannot articulate his or her case vs. Trump in the several months long general election campaign that will come next year, then that candidate will lose.