Watched the debate tonight, sponsored by the Maricopa County Democratic Party, at the Harkins Theaters at Tempe Marketplace. The attending crowd, was pretty much a Warren crowd although they seemed to like everything everyone said. The first group of "impartial moderators" seemed to favor Warren too and gave her most of the attention the first half of the debate. She did well but the other candidates had views and opinions to offer as well. Fortunately, the second group (Maddows and Todd) seemed to even things out.
All the candidates gave good and thoughtful responses with some nice zingers here and there. The best performers in terms of style were probably Castro, Booker, Ryan, and DeBlasio although De Blasio was a rude prima donna and Ryan looked like an angry white guy when he was not giving answers. In terms of substance, it would have to be Warren, Kloubacher, Inslee, O' Rourke, and Delaney although surprisingly O'Rourke always seemed to need to warm up before finishing strong at every response he gave. Gabbard gave good answers but appeared too rehearsed.
Overall, no one did anything that would kick them out of the sandbox tomorrow.
Looking forward to tomorrow evening. Stay Tuned.
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