Bernie emphasizes that he beat Hillary in Wisconsin & Michigan. Just like Trump!
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Klobuchar: everybody here is making promises for votes.
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Klobuchar goes after "universal" healthcare & college as unelectable.
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The moderators are controlling the time well, but the fact that they keep having to shout down the candidates illustrates the problem with stages this crowded.
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Bash to Delaney: you said the Green New Deal is unrealistic, but don't we need to do something unrealistic or we're all gonna die?
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I suspect that Warren is winning this debate, precisely because she refuses to cede ground to the political & policy realities raised by Klobuchar, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Ryan, & Bullock.
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Warren accuses Hickenlooper of citing made-up Republican talking points by talking about reality.
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The surreal part is that the only candidates who haven't totally lost touch with the real world are the ones whose entire campaigns are delusional about having a shot at the nomination.
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Sanders says fossil fuel companies are destroying the world. Ryan tells him to stop shouting.
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Difference between Warren & Bernie: Warren wants to win. Bernie is content to be Jeremiah.
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Bullock: Democrats should stop talking like hardhat workers are part of the problem. Bernie: hey, Steve, I'm a Workers of the World, Unite! guy.
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Buttigieg making a statement by wearing no red, unlike Warren or Beto.
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Buttigieg: I will play the veteran card and win like McCain, Dole, & Kerry.
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Klobuchar talks about wanting to stop people in Flint from drinking bottled water.
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Williamson: dark psychic force is the real issue.
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Beto has Nixonesque five o'clock shadow.
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Hickenlooper talks about urban agenda when asked about race. But unlike in Colorado, black people in the southern states are not predominantly urban residents.
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Don Lemon: hey Buttigieg, your record on race is pretty bad, right?
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Ryan: Trump has a point about China.
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Ryan's "Chief Manufacturing Officer" thing is an obvious gimmick.
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Ryan concludes with a Tom Friedmanesque ode to Chinese central planning.
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Delaney: free trade is good! Obama liked it!
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Warren promises to have every left-wing group on earth "at the table" in economic decisions.
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Credit to the CNN moderators, they are forcing the candidates to talk about their areas of disagreement.
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Bernie actually missed a chance here to say something nice about Ross Perot.
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Hickenlooper: "trade wars are for losers."
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This format is still hugely unflattering to everyone. I think Huckabee was the only candidate I can remember who was well-suited to the 10-candidate stage.
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Buttigieg says Scripture requires a higher minimum wage.
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Delaney calls the capital gains tax rate a "loophole" (which is silly), but notes that Warren's wealth tax is unconstitutional & unworkable & has failed where tried.
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