South Carolina Democratic Debate – Live Stream And Open Thread

Tonight is the last Democratic presidential candidates’ debate before the South Carolina primary on Saturday and Super Tuesday next week. It may be the last opportunity for some of the candidates.

The debate starts at 8 PM ET and will be hosted by CBS News. There will be seven candidates on the stage: Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer and Elizabeth Warren.

CBS News lays out all the ways to watch:

Stream on CBSN via the video player in this article or across a number of devices, including Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. You can also watch live on CBS All Access with a free trial. The debate will be live-streamed on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

You can watch it right here at NewsHounds with me. But feel free to share your thoughts and observations from anywhere, below.

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commented 2020-02-26 18:13:53 -0500 · Flag

I’ll vote for the Democratic candidate…but I agree with you, Ellen.

commented 2020-02-26 00:30:13 -0500 · Flag

One other thing that bugged me: Bloomberg was the only one who lit into Trump. Trump is acting very dangerously and the entire panel mostly ignored how terrifyingly dangerous the man is. Democrats are looking for who can stop Trump and the candidates keep arguing about the fine points of Medicare for All – while Rome burns.

commented 2020-02-26 00:27:50 -0500 · Flag

Plus, I have to say, I can’t stand Bernie’s yelling all the time.

commented 2020-02-26 00:27:17 -0500 · Flag

I found the debate dispiriting. I thought Mayor Pete did well but I don’t think anyone did enough to stop Bernie’s waltz to the nomination.

I agree with Truman. I’ll vote for Bernie but I don’t see him winning. Even worse, I fear he will put the House in jeopardy and the Senate out of reach.

commented 2020-02-26 00:25:41 -0500 · Flag

I was at a lengthy meeting until very late this afternoon so wound up watching the debate at the gym. I don’t know why Elizabeth Warren didn’t go after Bernie more. I don’t think she did herself any favors not doing so.

commented 2020-02-25 22:05:02 -0500 · Flag

Dear oh god, this was a badly run event. Topped it all when one moderator said ‘Well, that’s it for this debate’ and the other one says ‘No it’s not’ before going to another commercial break.

commented 2020-02-25 21:38:54 -0500 · Flag

I love Joe, but he has developed SUCH a chip on his shoulder.

commented 2020-02-25 21:22:16 -0500 · Flag

Nobody has grabbed the debate by the lapels yet, and I don’t think anyone has suffered much damage either. The more I see of them, the more I think the three old men are past their best-by dates. Sorry Bernie, Joe and Mike, but your advanced ages are showing.

commented 2020-02-25 20:16:02 -0500 · Flag

It’s looking like these moderators are going to lose control here. They should be cutting mikes when it’s called for.

commented 2020-02-25 19:21:14 -0500 · Flag

I will vote for Bernie if he gets the nomination, although I don’t see a chance in hell that he would be elected vs. Mango Mussolini.

commented 2020-02-25 16:55:51 -0500 · Flag

I’ll be in the front row, Ellen. This is set to be THE crucial debate. I hope Elizabeth well and truly turns her guns on Sanders this time – she may be closest to him on policy, but she’s a million miles away when it comes to temperament and intellectual heft. After his latest idiocy in alienating Cubans and Jews for no apparent reason, he really has to go.

It’s too much to hope that Amy, Pete, Steyer, Bloomberg or even dear old Joe will drop out before Super Tuesday, but I hope against hope that those who fail to fire in the next seven days will do the right thing and graciously bow out.