'It may take a few days to find out whether Michael Bloomberg's rivals managed to carve out a contrast between the sunny image in his campaign ads and the sometimes terse figure on stage,' CNN's Stephen Collinson writes. | Analysis
The question now is whether the torching that unfolded after Bloomberg's first turn on the debate stage in Las Vegas will matter more than the billions of advertising dollars he's doling out to purchase a poll surge and saturate the airwaves with a positive image of himself.The former New York mayor knew he'd face fierce heat Wednesday night from rivals who resent his stunning spending spree and his failure to take part in the first four nominating contests.
Sanders escapes without serious damageAnd there was another dynamic at play on Wednesday that suggests that even uninspiring debate performances will not fatally hole Bloomberg's campaign for weeks to come.Bernie Sanders seemed to escape the debate without a significant blow to his now front-running campaign -- and had the advantage at least four other centrist rivals arguing he's too radical to beat Trump but who have failed to slow him down.
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