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Also, I don't mean to derail from that discussion but as has become typical I have my "I watched the debate 8 hours late and react" post.

Probably one of the better debates? I felt I was more engaged with it this time. Anyway, first reaction has to be Steyer was auditioning for the next Snickers commercial, dude was fired up lol. It was like his rage meter was building at the start with no questions coming his way and then he finally went into overlimit, hijacked the discussion and just stayed in it until he finally mellowed a bit on the very last question of the debate.

Felt that Warren and Sanders had the best night. Warren's answer on the race questions were the best of the bunch by far IMO and lmao the mic drop she had on Buttigieg to start it off. Sanders was on point too throughout. Biden... was hit or miss.. he spent a good chunk of the debate also fired up but with mixed results. Sometimes I felt the fire and passion landed very well - especially when he brought up the traumatic brain injuries suffered by the soldiers that Trump has been dismissing as "headaches" which I thought was probably the strongest moment of the debate until Warren nailed it later on. OTOH, I feel like sometimes it just came off poorly like with a lot of his "I WAS THE ONE who did X! I WAS THE ONE who did Y!" which even when true it just felt... weird, like getting yelled at. Klobuchar definitely had the most level and steady performance of the moderates IMO and seemed to particularly find her footing in the latter portion of the debate. Steyer was, as I said, fired up and the comedy moment of the debate for me was the raw betrayal he was emitting when Sanders interrupted his trying to grill Biden. lmao "Bernie I hear what you're saying but-!". Yang was pretty much an observer although I feel like he auto-lost for his answer on holding Trump accountable. But the biggest loser of the night IMO was Buttigieg. Everyone was after him again though it felt more subdued than last time around but I think the real damage done was the sequence of the moderator pressing him on disproportionate drug arrests in South Bend despite his repeated attempts to dodge (the rare moderator getting applause moment) and then Warren completing the obliteration with her "No." when she finally gave up and moved onto Warren asking if Buttigieg's answer was substantial.

So... tl;dr:

Winners: Warren, Sanders
Did alright: Klobuchar
Did okay, but it was uneven, and for the first time that may not have been enough: Biden
You're not yourself when you're hungry: Steyer
Attended: Yang
Loser: Buttigieg

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