Debate Number 2

Democratic Debate Number 2 is in the books, and Chris Matthews called it almost correct.  Before the debate started, Matthews called for an all out fist fight between Sanders and Biden, and while no fists were actually thrown; there were many verbal punches thrown.

Right from the start of the debate, all the candidates took the stance of not directly answering any questions they were asked.  Sanders took 3 minutes to answer his first question.  Sanders' first question was whether or not his "Medicare for all" program was going to raise taxes on the Middle Class.  When Sanders was done with his first "vote for me and here's why" pitch, the moderators had to push Sanders to answer the question.  Sanders finally answered and his answer was "Yes, the middle class will see an increase in taxes."  Way to shoot down your election campaign before the first primary there Bernie.

Biden was off all night, until he was pressed on some issues by Harris.  All night Biden was doing his best to tout the "accomplishments" of when he was VP.  He had to defend a few points from his VP years.  Throughout the whole night Biden, was just off.  He did not "attack" any of the other candidates on the stage, however; he was the "punching bag" for many of the other candidates. 

One of the big questions of the night for all of the candidates, was whether or not their healthcare plans were going to pay for the healthcare for all the illegal immigrants coming into this country.  All ten that were there last night raised their hands.  All ten of the candidates, are willing to use taxpayer money to pay for the health of those who broke into this country.  While that may be good for your base, that will not win the votes of those who are on the fence of whether to vote Democrat or Republican.

Many of the people on the stage last night did not need to be there.  Two were Andrew Yang (who was not paying attention to the first round of questions) Huh?  Also Ms. Williamson, she must be from the "My rent is to damn high" party, because she was the very oddball last night. 

After last night, I still think that by fourth quarter of 2019 we will only have 5 candidates still in the running on the Democratic side.