Democratic Primaries
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Top TierBiden
Sanders
Warren
Harris
Buttegieg
The top five are still the top five. However, Biden and Sanders definitely stumbled; I've had meetings with Biden and he can be a lot more solid in his answers to question than he was last night, and Sanders has decided that sounding angry and playing only to his base is enough.Warren, Harris and Buttigieg stood out, but Warren and Harris are likely to have the best positive improvement.
Middle Tier
Klobuchar
Castro
Booker
O'Rourke
Castro stood out, esp on the issue of immigration. Klobuchar and Booker were solid but without a breakout moment; O'Rourke didn't put any substance behind his Texas Senate race aura.
Lower Tier
Everyone else
About the only possible breakout from the pack was Swalwell, who may be able to leverage the gun issue into some electoral strength.
Finally, let's be clear: Yang and Williamson ran as niche candidates who represented "something different". The something isn't anything voters will care about.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
handmade34
(22,757 posts)although, not sure O'Rourke quite made it to middle tier
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)And Im sure we will have a weekend full of them on the various cable noise channels and Sunday blabber shows.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
brooklynite
(94,688 posts)FWIW, I've already been critical of candidates I support; it's healthy not confuse one's personal preferences and biases with reality.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)as I have been helping with cleaning out and readying my MIL's home for sale following her recent demise. So I really don't have anything to share one way or the other on who performed well or didn't the last two evening. I do know it will be considerable fodder for the Cable Noise and Sunday Blabbers as mentioned.
We will see how things shake out leading up to the next round of debates and beyond as the field will have to narrow unless we change the rules and have 20+ Co-Presidents?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided