Maybe a little self-serving, but I do disagree.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. ", Klobuchar asked for forgiveness for "any time any of you get mad at me.". Booker has languished at the bottom of the polls and needed to stand out. And one of the most memorable exchanges came when Booker assailed Biden over the passage of the 1994 crime bill, which critics point out has contributed to mass incarceration. Rebuilding that country as a whole nation is beyond our capacity,” Biden said.
"We need someone who actually has guts on this issue.".
But South Bend is an overwhelmingly Democratic city and there was never real question that Buttigieg would coast to reelection. Klobuchar said off-camera during a conversation about college affordability.
We are living in a nation increasingly becoming an oligarchy, where you have millionaires buying elections and politicians.”, When Alberta said he guessed Obama didn’t clear that remark with his former vice president, Biden quipped, “I'm going to guess he wasn't talking about me either.”. Biden then advocated his own plan, which would add a public option to Obamacare and lower the caps on how much of their income Americans would pay for insurance on the exchanges. “You know what you need to donate to political campaigns? “If you want to talk about the capacity to win, try putting together a coalition to bring you back to office with 80 percent of the vote as a gay dude in Mike Pence's Indiana,” he said to applause. “Is it any wonder that if you look at the international polling that's been done, that the Chinese leader is rated above the American president? But the White House was pressuring the military to show the troop surge was working, Biden was asked. But Harris pointed out that Biden's plan would leave 10 million Americans without coverage. The long-awaited confrontation between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg materialized in the debate’s second hour, when the Massachusetts senator slammed her 37-year-old opponent for holding a pricey campaign fundraiser in a cave at a tony California winery. Let's see where we are," he said.
The male candidates took a different tack and offered their opponents gifts, including their own books. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren had a quick rejoinder when confronted by the fact that she would be the oldest president inaugurated if elected in 2020.
Here are five takeaways from Wednesday night's debate: Biden's record was assailed by nearly every Democrat who shared the stage with him. Gabbard launched perhaps the most scathing attack of the night, knocking Harris' record as attorney general of California.