Here's how the first ten Democratic candidates’ DemDebate performances ranked, from best to worst
The winners’ circle. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Days after a heavily armed sociopath unleashed hell on yet another American community — and the president directed yet another racist tantrum at his nonwhite constituents — ten of the Democratic Party’s top 2020 hopefuls gathered in Detroit to debate the many urgent questions facing our sorrowful republic.
And yet, by siccing a series of centrist heels on Sanders, CNN actually did him a major favor. The Vermont senator is as comfortable in the role of embattled, populist outsider as Paul Giamatti is in the role of anxious wisecrack. Bernie came to Detroit to yell outrageous truths and economic statistics. And his righteous shouting is most effective when it’s directed at a specific megamillionaire, or avatar of the “corporate media.
2) Elizabeth Warren As she’s done in just about all her national television appearances this campaign, Warren spoke eloquently and authoritatively on a wide range of issues Tuesday, while deftly tying the myriad planks of her agenda to her overriding theme of reclaiming America’s government from “corporations and billionaires.
3) Marianne Williamson The patron saint of paranoid New Age wine moms turned in another alarmingly strong performance in Detroit. Williamson spoke more candidly about race in America — and the “dark psychic energy” that Donald Trump has unleashed on the astral plane — than any of the elected officeholders arrayed beside her:
5) Steve Bullock Of the four white male moderates vying to be Joe Biden’s understudy in Detroit, the Montana governor was the most interesting . Bullock succeeded in conveying his résumé to a national audience: The former attorney has managed to win statewide elections in a deep red, rural state while campaigning as a standard-issue, pro-labor, pro-choice, pro–gun control Democrat.
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