We’ll be liveblogging our way through the last Democratic debate before the New Hampshire primary. Follow along below.
ABC News is streaming the debate on YouTube.
What To Expect
- The debate will start at 8 p.m. ET and is expected to end around 11 p.m.
- ABC News and its Manchester, New Hampshire affiliate WMUR-TV are hosting the debate and at Saint Anselm College. Journalists from both organizations will moderate: George Stephanopoulos, David Muir and Linsey Davis will represent ABC, and Adam Sexton and Monica Hernandez will represent WMUR.
- Andrew Yang, who did not qualify for the last Democratic debate, in January, returns to the stage this time alongside (from left to right) former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tom Steyer.
- According to ABC, "Candidates will have one minute and 15 seconds to answer direct questions and 45 seconds for rebuttals, at the discretion of the moderators." There will be no opening statements.
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We’ll be liveblogging our way through the last Democratic debate before the New Hampshire primary. Follow along below.
My predictions for tonight:
The NH debate can have a big effect on the primary, and this one is more uncertain with so many candidates so close and Iowa such a quagmire. I think the biggest opportunity here is for Warren…she almost always wins the debates, if she doesn’t get dragged into the fracas she’ll look much better than the other candidates. I don’t think Bernie or Pete will avoid hitting each other, and both of them have shown in past debates that they get angry when someone hits them…if that escalates then they may score points but not look very good. Biden would be best served by being the statesman, but there’s a whiff of panic coming from his campaign so odds are he’ll try to take out the two Iowa winners.
Of course, it may be just like all the other ones, with little drama and lots of boring repeating of positions, but I think this is the debate that will finally see haymakers thrown.
I know what these candidates’ policy preferences are and what kind of people they are. All I’m interested in is what they think of the threat to our country posed by the Republican Party and what they intend to do about it, not just as president but as candidates. The very idea of Democrats focusing on debates and policy arguments at this point is half the reason why we find ourselves in this situation.
I don’t care about any of this nonsense. I want to know how these candidates view the content of their post-Trump presidencies. I want to know what they think about what (most of them were involved in) went down this past week. I want to know how they feel about the Vindmans being relieved of their positions. I don’t give two rats about M4A, the feud between Liz and Bernie, socialism, or even Iowa. I want to know how their campaigns are going to move forward in light of the events of the past week. How will their focus change. What do they hope to highlight; accomplish.
Stop with the BS or just show cat videos for the two hours - it’ll be more helpful.
@nemo:
The debate should be entirely focused on the danger that Trump poses and what each candidate thinks is the best strategy for taking him down.
Must read article:
“We’re losing our damn minds”: James Carville unloads on the Democratic Party
Why the longtime Democratic strategist is “scared to death” of the 2020 election.
I’ve always had a love/dislike relationship with Carville but the thing about him which is so compelling is he’s smart,savvy and he gets right to the root of the problems. He’s needs to be back on the political landscape.