Video Highlights: In Their 6th Debate, Democrats Duke It Out in the Cave
Scott Varley/Orange County Register/Zuma With less than a year to go before the 2020 election and the Iowa caucus fast approaching, seven Democratic presidential candidates took the debate stage Thursday night to vie for Americans’ favor. Here are some of the most surprising moments from the sixth debate. In a heated moment, Sen. Elizabeth Warren…
The “Wine Cave” Debate Was One of the Campaign’s Most Consequential Arguments
Chris Carlson/AP It was always going to be the wine cave debate. It was just a question of when the subject would finally come up. On Sunday, just a few days after caving to pressure and agreeing to release a list of campaign bundlers (incomplete, it turned out) and open his fundraisers to the press,…
“Billionaires In Wine Caves” Is Our New Meme About Rich Donors
Elizabeth Warren really didn’t like Pete Buttigieg’s recent fundraiser held in a wine cave.PBS The biggest fight of the night—by far—has been about whether Democratic candidates should accept donations from rich people. Billionaires in particular, and “billionaires in wine caves,” to be super specific about it. (This was Elizabeth Warren’s jab at Pete Buttigieg for…
The Filibuster Will Be With Us For a While
Bernie Sanders says Medicare for All will pass after his silver tongued oratory spurs a revolution. Really?PBS I’ve written at greater length about this before, but it’s worth mentioning that the only way a Democratic president will get anything done is to get bills through the Senate with Republican support. Even if Democrats win a…
Warren Slams Economists Who Criticize Her Wealth Tax
Scott Varley/Orange County Register/Zuma Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) earned huge applause at Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate by challenging a fundamental economic assumption. A central component of Warren’s campaign involves a two-cent tax on every dollar of net worth above $50 million. Many economists have said that such a large tax increase could slow economic growth,…
Sanders: NAFTA 2.0 Is Better, But I Still Won’t Vote For It
PBS At the debate tonight, Bernie Sanders just spent his full minute saying that he opposed the original NAFTA, but the new USMCA is a bit of an improvement. Then, after this big buildup, he suddenly finished up with, “I will not vote for this agreement even though it makes some modest improvements.” What? Why…