Tonight at 8 PM ET, the second round of Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage for a CNN debate. You can watch it here, after the jump. Do share your thoughts in our comments section wherever you watch (or not).
Once again, there will be 10 candidates each night. Tonight, the lineup is: Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Author Marianne Williamson
I’ll be watching with a group of Democrats and will try to comment as we go along.
The video below will start at 8 PM ET.
(Top image via screen grab)
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Eyes On Fox commented
2019-07-31 10:01:29 -0400
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Hilarious update. The “Ingraham Angle” post-debate analysis I trashed as “crap” in my last comment is being promoted by Fox News via YouTube. I just got a notification on it on my smartphone. Did I switch channels in disgust too quickly and miss something? 🤪
Eyes On Fox commented
2019-07-31 08:19:50 -0400
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I agree with Scooter to the extent I have little interest in the Democratic debates thus far. Different reason though.
The format is total crap and I’d argue, in some cases, it can disinform voters misleading them to poor choices.
For example, after Kamala Harris ‘won’ the last debate with her totally scripted, heart string pulling moment on busing to slam Biden we eventually learn over the following weeks she’s completely disingenuous on the topic and there’s nary a hair width difference in their views on busing. This is only possible because with 10 candidates talking like Joe Isuzu to keep within 2 minute sound-bites and 30 second responses real debate gets flushed down the toilet.
However, it’s important to keep up with primary candidates through other means (which unfortunately takes more time that many Americans don’t have) because we have to pick a candidate in the primaries who can win.
I did later after the debate coincidently check out cable news analysis on MSNBC and Fox News – more out of daily habit than anything else. MSNBC had excellent analysis actually devoted to what the candidates said – a novel concept it seems after I switched to Fox. Fox News had “Ingraham Angle” on at the time. Typical Fox News total crap analysis – if you can even call it analysis. A bunch of right-wing bobble-heads like Mike Huckabee trashing everything they said and basically saying if the Democratic candidates were only far right wingers it would have been a great debate.
The format is total crap and I’d argue, in some cases, it can disinform voters misleading them to poor choices.
For example, after Kamala Harris ‘won’ the last debate with her totally scripted, heart string pulling moment on busing to slam Biden we eventually learn over the following weeks she’s completely disingenuous on the topic and there’s nary a hair width difference in their views on busing. This is only possible because with 10 candidates talking like Joe Isuzu to keep within 2 minute sound-bites and 30 second responses real debate gets flushed down the toilet.
However, it’s important to keep up with primary candidates through other means (which unfortunately takes more time that many Americans don’t have) because we have to pick a candidate in the primaries who can win.
I did later after the debate coincidently check out cable news analysis on MSNBC and Fox News – more out of daily habit than anything else. MSNBC had excellent analysis actually devoted to what the candidates said – a novel concept it seems after I switched to Fox. Fox News had “Ingraham Angle” on at the time. Typical Fox News total crap analysis – if you can even call it analysis. A bunch of right-wing bobble-heads like Mike Huckabee trashing everything they said and basically saying if the Democratic candidates were only far right wingers it would have been a great debate.
Ellen commented
2019-07-30 23:11:39 -0400
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I don’t think anyone at Dem HQ, a crowd of about 40 Democrats, had a favorite.
Ellen commented
2019-07-30 21:32:11 -0400
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Bernie stopped yelling after Ryan said “You don’t have to yell, Bernie.”
Ellen commented
2019-07-30 21:20:30 -0400
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Zing from Warren: why do people run for President to tell us what we can’t do?
Ellen commented
2019-07-30 20:40:07 -0400
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I think Jake Tapper is doing a great job. Much better than Chuck Todd.
Ellen commented
2019-07-30 20:06:40 -0400
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Everybody here at Dem HQ is clapping for almost everyone.
Ellen commented
2019-07-30 20:05:41 -0400
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Agree Scooter. I don’t have a first choice but want to see how they all do.
scooter commented
2019-07-30 18:59:17 -0400
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I have to say honestly – I don’t watch these debates. They are completely lost on me. I know who I support, but will vote for ever candidate represents the Democratic party. What everyone seems to miss is this – there’s only one important thing in the next presidential election. It’s not the economy, it’s not climate change, it’s not Medicare for all, it’s not prescription drug prices, or any of the other myriad of actionable items.
It is getting rid of the traitor in the White House. All else is just window dressing. We can discuss these many other things when sanity has been restored to America, but until then there is only one goal – Chump out of office and headed for trial and hopefully prison.
It is getting rid of the traitor in the White House. All else is just window dressing. We can discuss these many other things when sanity has been restored to America, but until then there is only one goal – Chump out of office and headed for trial and hopefully prison.
