1st DEM Debate Thread: June 26 & 27, Miami, MSNBC & NBC & Telemundo (9-11pm)

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Biden being right in between Buttigieg and Bernie is going to be interesting to say the least

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fire the cameraman jesus christ

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Warren definitely just said "if they can save a nipple"

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O'Rourke has now answered 3 times in Spanish, though Diaz-Balart asked him a question in spanish too...

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https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1144058895863832577

oh boy

then don't deflect a question on wage equality to become something about you being a veteran

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Where do the candidates stand on mic policy

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de Blasio being loud and interrupting people, just like any good new yorker

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MY TAKES

WINNERS:
1) Castro: He just did good.
2) de Blasio: He did good and basically yeeted Beto off the stage
3) Gabbard: She definitely won against Tim Ryan

LOSERS:
1) Beto: He fell flat, the Spanish was cringey, and he got destroyed by de Blasio of all people
2) Ryan: His gaffe on 9/11 hurt bad. He spent the rest of the time basically just talking about "elites" and "working class people" and "Youngstown Ohio"
3) Delaney: "I was promised I would get time, and I've had no time, where's my time?"

NEUTRAL:
1) Warren: She didn't get as much time as she honestly should have, but she did fine when she did have time.
2) Klobuchar: She had some good moments, closest to winners list of these.
3) Booker: Basically just OK.
4) Inslee: He is the closest to the losers list here, but overall he did ok I guess

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the biggest loser for sure was N. B. C. Cameraman, just a bad performance all around, as well as N. B. C. Microphone, who had an unfortunate gaffe

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TOP 3 WINNERS
1) Harris: She did so good on hitting Biden on the segregationists, her ending was so cringe tho
2) Swalwell: He made himself stand out for sure, and his burn on Biden about passing the torch was great. I can see him maybe getting a little bump from this.
3) Sanders: He had some issues, but his ending was strong.

TOP 3 LOSERS
1) Williamson: She was literally everywhere, I honestly have no clue wtf was even going on when she said she'd call Ardern and etc. She has, however, gotten a lot of publicity for sure, which could be good I suppose. I still think she sounded crazy though.
2) Biden: When you get attacked from all sides, it's kinda hard to do good, and even without the attacks he was very bland imo
3) Bennet: He didn't differentiate himself, he honestly said nothing that I remember, other than it sounded to me like he had just taken some meds.

NEUTRAL:
Yang: Closest to the losers here. He had some odd answers (Cooperation with China? Really?) and honestly did the worst compared to how I thought he would do. However, he did close decently well, and he explained his plans decently well.
Swallwell: Closest to the winners. He made himself stand out for sure, and his burn on Biden about passing the torch was great.
Hickenlooper: Kinda boring. He made himself stand out in anti-socialism etc. but not much else. He's about as close to the losers as Yang.
Gillibrand: She did perfectly fine.
Buttigieg: Closest to the winners, he did good, slightly better than Gillibrand imo.


THIS LIST IS VERY FLEXIBLE, BENNET IS VERY CLOSE TO MOVING TO THE NEUTRAL SIDE