The first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday will give contenders strug...
MIAMI - The first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday will give contenders struggling to break through in the crowded field an opportunity to step out of the shadow cast by front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, who take the stage a day later.
O’Rourke’s travails come perhaps as the biggest surprise. On the heels of his underdog 2018 run for the U.S. Senate in Texas that made him a national figure, his entry into the presidential race was met with a crush of media coverage. But he has steadily dropped in polls and needs to right the ship. Former U.S. Housing Secretary Julian Castro, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, former congressman John Delaney, U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee and U.S. Representative Tim Ryan will also be on the stage. They all fall below 1% nationally in opinion polls and will be looking mainly to fight another day.
The overriding question for both nights of debates is how fiercely Democrats will attack one another, rather than training their fire on Trump. Alex Conant, a top aide to Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio in 2016, said Democrats onstage would have to be prepared for moderators to confront them with a Trump tweet in real time.It may be difficult for the Democratic candidates to distinguish themselves on areas of policy such as healthcare, immigration and climate change, where there seems to be broad agreement among the presidential field.
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