Elizabeth Warren was a target as the new frontrunner in the largest-ever presidential debate
Elizabeth Warren on the defensive. Mayor Pete on the attack. Bernie Sanders looking vigorous. Amy Klobuchar giving her strongest performance yet. Some familiar faces missing, and one new face.
Warren, on the other hand, had a tough night. In previous debates, it was Biden who took all the heat. This time it was she who served as a political punching bag from her more moderate opponents eager to point out the impractical aspects of her Medicare-for-All proposal. Buttigieg and Klobuchar in particular went after her with a vengeance, but nearly all the candidates took shots at one point or another.
Kamala Harris also couldn't resist getting in a dig at Warren, although she took the unusual tack of criticizing the front-runner for not agreeing with her on the need to shut down Trump's Twitter account. Warren bobbed and weaved on the issue, switching the subject to taking money from corporate donors. For the most part, Harris lacked much of a presence this night, having her best moments with her forceful defenses of women's reproductive rights.
Warren also handled the age question well, saying, "I will out-work, out-organize and outlast anyone, and that includes Donald Trump, Mike Pence, or whoever the Republicans get stuck with," she said, getting in a sly dig at Trump's current troubles. On the other hand, Mayor Pete, who appears to be visibly aging during his run , has given up his Mister Nice Guy approach. He displayed a newfound aggressiveness, especially during an exchange with O'Rourke about their respective stances on gun control. When O'Rourke questioned his commitment to getting automatic weapons off the streets, Buttigieg shot back, "I don't need lessons from you on courage, either political or personal.
Gabbard, who makes a specialty of viciously going after her fellow candidates, set her sights on Warren. She tried to put the front-runner on the defensive regarding Syria, but Warren, by now getting used to this sort of thing, just brushed her off. Instead, it was Buttigieg who got into a major tussle with Gabbard over what she repeatedly described as "this regime change war.
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