We may see a candidate spring a surprise attack during Thursday's Democratic debate. But it probably won’t be Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren. gdebenedetti writes
Photo: Getty Images You’d be excused if you tuned into Thursday night’s debate expecting to see some version of a long-awaited Joe Biden versus Elizabeth Warren cage match. Senior aides for a bunch of other campaigns certainly are, judging by their hushed rumor-sharing and -gathering on Wednesday in the enormous lobby of a downtown hotel where multiple candidates are staying here in Houston.
Earlier this week, members of Biden’s team spoke with beat reporters who’d inquired about his debate posture, and they offered mostly innocuous talking points, primarily about how Biden intends to run his own race and stick to his own message. But, buried in there, they did include some lines that could point to a few debate-night contrasts.
But, more importantly, there’s zero doubt that the contrast of visions between Biden and Warren will already play out on the stage, no matter what; their messages are so different that the distance between them will be clear the second they open their mouths. No preplanned fireworks — say, surprise invocations of 1981 op-eds or callouts of 1970s-era busing positions — needed.
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