Has Joe Biden sustained any actual damage at Thursday night’s DemDebate? The intelligencer staff discusses
Castro trying to score some points. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images Ben Hart: Have Julian Castro’s multiple attacks on Joe Biden tonight — he accused Biden of forgetting what he said two minutes prior and accused him of tying himself too closely to President Obama — been effective at all? And if not, do they at least provide a blueprint for how others might try to take the wind out of his sails?Ed Kilgore: I think the attack on his memory will backfire. The jibe about Obama? Not so much.
Margaret: I was excited to see someone sort of go after Biden on age , but Castro didn’t do it very elegantly. As in turns out he was wrong.Matt Stieb: It certainly wasn’t as effective as the Harris cornering in June.Ben: Agree, Eric. given that we’ve all basically been wrong about what will or won’t wound him, it’s hard to be confident about predictions.
Margaret: I actually thought Biden was okay in both of those debates. I wasn’t into it personally, but he had some messages that I thought could get through to his people.Ben: Well, it’s hard to think differently at this point.Ben: I think he’s been perfectly fine. As they say in sports, he’s doing what he needs to do.
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