Former Vice President Joe Biden will come under the microscope this Wednesday in Detroit, as he needs to revive his fortunes after being upended by Senator Kamala Harris in the first debate.
While he seems to have kept his lead in public opinion polls, and particularly in the state of South Carolina, with a very large African American population, Biden knows he will be attacked by Harris again, along with Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Jay Inslee among others, also including Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio.
Biden needs to prove he can react well to attacks, as if he does not, then despite the polls at this point, his candidacy could be in rapid decline.
I tuned in a bit. Just stopped watching. It’s a rugby match. The format, and Tapper’s blatant attempts to start fights between the candidates, cheapens the discourse and makes everyone in there look small.
Get it down to 5 already: Biden, Harris, Sanders, Warren and one of Buttigieg, Castro or Booker. The rest can go home right now.
I’ve been checking comments about the debate at a variety of blogs. Everyone’s agreeing that it’s a horrible format. Glad I skipped it.
Rational Lefty, include Steve Bullock, Amy Klobuchar with Buttigieg and Castro, after what I have seen.
Delaney has gotten way too much time tonight.
#CancelDelaney is trending on Twitter.
Bullock flat scares me. Marianne still scares me.
Pragmatic Progressive, I totally disagree on Steve Bullock, who I think performed extremely well, and is a moderate who won a Republican state three times!