Bernie says he has the guts to support unpopular ideas, which is quite a turn from when we were told that his ideas were enormously popular.
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I really thought Biden might consider Booker as a running mate. There goes that.
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Biden fully embracing abortion all the way: toss the Hyde amendment, 100% NARAL rating, codify Roe. Won't say that he's always had those stances.
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If Booker is out of the picture, I think Duckworth has pole position for Biden's running mate.
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Bernie notes that Obama voted with him in 2007 in killing bipartisan immigration reform.
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Bernie denounces "grabbing little babies from the arms of their mothers," which is really off message for Democrats.
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Biden says Bernie "continued to canard."
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Bernie has been there for 18 years, and Biden was there for 30 years before Bernie arrived.https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/1239359719913009153 …
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Bernie talks about his father coming here as an immigrant at age 17, probably almost a century ago.
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It's low-key hilarious when Biden answers a long question with "No."
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Biden ranting about "beetle infestation" in New England.
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Bernie grimacing hard as Biden talks about charging stations.
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Bernie: "It's not a matter of rejoining the Paris Accords. Who cares? Not a big deal."
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Biden reeling off drilling bans. He can only hope oil workers are out of work due to the virus by Election Day.
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Biden on climate: "We can do everything." "My state is three feet above sea level." "I was the guy who worked with Dick Lugar." Gets Bernie to refer to himself in the third person.
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Biden: "Not another new coal plant will be built."
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It is certainly clear how it will play in Trump TV ads.https://twitter.com/Ben_Geman/status/1239363462100398083 …
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2-candidate debates with no crowd: good. Substantive. Reminds me of the Cheney-Lieberman debate.
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Of course, a debate that is substantive and informative is not necessarily in the best political interests of the candidates.
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Fox News ad on the CNN Dem debate. LOL.
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Bernie talks generically about authoritarians, ducks discussion of his actual statements about Castro. Turns more to "but..." when dealing with China.
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Biden calls China's economic improvement "marginal" instead of noting that it was major but derived from more free, open, market economics.
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Biden comparing China to Jack the Ripper is probably good politics. He has Bernie stammering out "you know, you know."
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Biden's stern, neo-con, anti-dictator rhetoric here requires him to run pretty far away from Obama.
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Both of these candidates are wrong about the Iraq War, but at least Bernie is playing to his political strengths.
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Bernie says he voted against Russia sanctions because John Kerry didn't want him undermining the Iran deal.
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It's really saying things out loud about that deal that Democrats have previously resisted admitting.https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1239367134725234688 …
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Biden: "I'm not just winning but overwhelmingly winning."
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This is the portion of the debate where Bernie talks moral victories. Talks about winning young voters, which he defines as voters 50 and under.
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