IMO all beating up Bloomberg accomplishes is helping Joe Biden.

...by undermining Biden's appeal to the center.

Someone has to stop Bloomberg.

Biden is one of my last place preferences, but I will take him over Bloomberg any single day of the week.

I think she'd be willing to become his VP running mate.

Bash the billionaire in the meantime.

But it's not enough.

Not surprising; there have been so many. But no sexism here.

Since when is it an insult to say someone is more likable?

Because Sanders has the highest net favorability ratings of all the candidates running. Personally I like them both.

He lead a bipartisan effort to end the war in Yemen which was vetoed by Trump.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democratic-senators-pass-bills-rate/

Plus he was the amendment king in Congress. I think Sanders & Warren are the only ones on the stage that would make a good President. Most importantly they would both be ethical as President.

with you about Warren.

But we'll have to agree to disagree about Bernie.

But we're on the same team. We're Dems!

But can’t stand him. She’s made almost no attempt to contrast herself with him.

Unfortunately.

First, get second place on Super Tues. If she can be the primary alternative to Sanders, this sets her up for the same long-shot one on one scenario both Warren and the moderates want (and she's more likely to win it, too, because she can crowd Sanders by winning a portion of people like me who like both of them). In that respect pulling Sanders down isn't as a big as pushing herself up & taking down a moderate competitor.

Second, set up for contested convention. To have a chance of winning a contested convention, she needs to be second in delegates and have Sanders slow down. It's easier/more likely to win to push for that second place & hope events take out Sanders on their own.

Third, not hurt the other progressive. She said it herself at the beginning of this debate - she agrees in a lot of ways on the issues. She thinks she'd be a more effective champion, but she may legitimately like Sanders more than the other candidates.

actually, until this year, I thought I was left to center left but somehow the party moved away from me...

anyway, I would be happy with Warren. I'd still be happy with Amy but I think this is her last hurrah... and, of course, I'd be happy if Joe starts to do well.

Happier with Warren or Sanders, but I don't have any serious issues with any of the candidates but Bloomberg.

but I hope its not Sanders... because I want to win and win back the Senate, and I hope it's not Bloomberg because eeww...

(that said, if Mike wants to drop a couple of B on the DNC or some super pacts... I'm good with that... not too proud to match the RNC in spending).

I didn't see all of it. But there was no one true winner like with the Vegas debate. These debates are making everyone sharper. Even Bloomberg (tho it'd be hard for him not to improve over Vegas)

by now he would be much better in the debates (Bloomberg)... that said... he is my least favorite person from our side to actually be president, Bernie is my least favorite to RUN as our nominee.

hasn't been able to maintain her momentum. She made some good points, of course, but she didn't have to keep trying to gut Bloomberg. She needs to start cutting into Bernie's lead on the progressive side and it doesn't look like she can at this point.

....going into tonight, but she finished herself off.

My take on the others:

Sanders came off as bitter and angry.
Biden was the statesman, he almost looked like he was enjoying the in-fighting
Bloomberg held his own
Buttigieg did well, countered Sanders well
Klobuchar did well, but didn't get enough time
Steyer should pack it in, he's got good ideas but he's politically weak

Disclaimer - I turned it off after the first hour was almost over, the moderators were even worse than the NBC moderators last time, and they were horrible.

Warren is right in calling him the weakest candidate. Did you know that Bloomberg said that Romney would have been a better President than Obama? I bet that doesn't bother you.

Neither do I.

She doesn't like Bloomberg, and likes him even less as a nominee.

I agree with her. I'm impressed by the sacrifice too.

She could have took out her knives on Bernie like all the other candidates but she choose to focus on the worst candidate in the race instead.

and that Dem voters want liberal policies so she's holding off on attacking him. Liberalism is having it's moment in the spotlight.

You would figure she and Bernie would be running away with it.

Liberal voters have decided to pick one out of the two lefties. She chose not to attack him because she's in it to see liberal policies win. She made a strategic decision to take down Bloomberg instead.

The moderates in the race have split the moderate votes between them.

And your points also lead one to the conclusion that she is wrong about his policies.

There is a major chunk of the party who doesn’t agree with Bernie on how to get it done.

I like Warren since she wants good things for America, not for herself. She chose not to run in 2016 to avoid competing against Hillary and risk being a spoiler.

I also have my own ideas on what Dem primary voters have been thinking. It seems like they might want to correct some wrongs from 2016. Traditionally it's been the GOP who nominates their second place finisher the next time around.

She is projected to come in first or second in several Super Tuesday states.

She has enough money to last past Super Tuesday, which Amy, Pete and Joe do not.

If Warren drops out now, Sanders chances of getting 50+% of the delegates goes up dramatically.

So, what was your point again?

Please tell me which states are those.

I'm not sure what polls you're looking at, but she's not in first or second on average in any ST state other than Massachusetts and Utah.

That's not "several".

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/SuperTuesday.html

"Warren is in third place currently"

She's fourth in delegates.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/799979293/how-many-delegates-do-the-2020-presidential-democratic-candidates-have

"She has enough money to last past Super Tuesday, which Amy, Pete and Joe do not."

Source?

She’s raised over $22 million in February- how much have Joe, Pete, and Amy each raised?

Hopefully that translates to a big SC win.

Hoping to be in his cabinet in the unlikely event that he wins?

not bloomberg.

differentiate herself from Sanders, why is she running now?

Looking down the road, they do not want him to be able to buy the election.

Perhaps she is angling to be work for Bernie as VP or some other cabinet position.

Everyone thought that she did great in the Nevada debate. But she won zero delegates in NV.

Warren got 12.9% first round - 1.4% behind Pete, who also got no delegates.

Why Biden supporters want to hand the lion share of Warren's ~15% to Sanders is beyond me.

They will choose Warren at the Convention as the candidate most likely to unite the party.

and I think that decision will largely rest on how well Biden campaigns in the remainder of states. Bloomberg would be unacceptable to Sanders (to say the least), and the majority of delegates is likely to share my view that Sanders would lose the GE (badly).

My 2c.

the most electable/less risky candidate, Biden.