After what seems like countless Democratic debates, February 19th’s had a giant curveball in Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor whose enormous fortune has given him a late, but undeniab…
, February 19th’s had a giant curveball in Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor whose enormous fortune has given him a late, but undeniable, leg up in the race. So it was unsurprising that the prospect of Bloomberg making a play for the nomination at the 11th hour lit an obvious fire underneath the top five remaining candidates, even as Bloomberg struggled to distinguish and defend himself under the bright lights of the Las Vegas stage.
With hundreds of delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday, taking place less than two weeks from now, the five candidates who got onstage for MSNBC’s debate after months of campaigning got markedly more aggressive towards each other’s records and proposed policies.
It’s inevitable that political candidates would become more heated as the pressure ramps up for them to make the case for themselves as the best nominee to beat Donald Trump . What wasn’t inevitable was the way the night’s debate hosts — a mix of reporters and anchors from MSNBC, Telemundo, and the Nevada Independent — quickly lost control of the proceedings in the process.
The rhetorical punches of the debate’s first hour may make for attention-grabbing headlines, but it was also a failure on the part of those tasked with steering the conversation in a coherent direction. Give or take those couple of spotlight Warren moments, letting the candidates talk over each other in their haste to tear each other apart led to precious few enlightening moments.
“good television,” which is maybe all MSNBC wanted in the end, but it also made for a uniquely frustrating debate at a particularly crucial moment during the campaign.
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