The Democrat hopefuls—about twenty of the twenty-five—have been divided into groups of ten and given two nights in which to appear on stage and have something resembling a debate... however that's supposed to work when it's a ten-way exchange.
Instapundit and PowerLine Blog commentator Stephen Green, a.k.a. Vodkapundit, has made it a tradition to "drunkblog" events like this. His blow-by-blow commentary is here. I have yet to comb through the whole thing, but here are some quick highlights (keeping in mind this is all from a rightie/libertarian, Instapundit perspective), moving backwards in time:
11:02 p.m.:
Well, what to say?
It was a high-speed multiperson press conference where the questions were asked by cheerleaders.
That's the show the DNC wanted, and it's the show NBC delivered.
10:49 p.m.:
Gabbard catching up a bit to Booker in Google searches after that Afghanistan section. Warren kind of disappearing in hour two pic.twitter.com/VhJ2ShaQ0kMy pet hypothesis is that Warren failed to shine in the first hour, when NBC gave her gimme after gimme, and they switched focus to the other non-winners.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) June 27, 2019
10:46 p.m.:
Kudos to Delaney, for explaining that NOBODY CARES about this impeachment BS.
10:44 p.m.:
Beta is against Russian intervention and Trump, and in favor of George Washington except for the part where he held slaves.
Also, impeach now.
I guess this is his big close.
Flubbed it.
10:42 p.m.:
Actual fireworks here between Ryan and Gabbard over pulling out of Afghanistan.
If this were a real debate, this could get interesting. Instead, time to change the subject and get back to a real issue: Who hates Republicans and/or Trump the most?
10:39 p.m.:
Tim Ryan: "I have been in Congress for 17 years."
As good an argument for term limits as I've ever heard.
Isn't it time to give some other bland nonentity a chance at free travel and earning six figures?
10:24 p.m.:
#demdebate @NBCNews reactionaries won’t let Delaney speak - and he’s the only reasonable person on the stage.Well... yeah, we can't have that.
— Roger Simon (@rogerlsimon) June 27, 2019
10:13 p.m.:
What are you going to do about ___?
“____ is terrible. I’m against ___, and I have a plan. We will get this done”
What are you going to do about ___?
“___ is a human right and I have a plan to make sure everyone will get ___”
— ???????????????? (@melifix) June 27, 2019
It's DNC Debate Mad Libs!
Damn, I wish I'd thought of that.
9:50 p.m.:
The blonde lady moderator wants to know what Cory Booker (and one of the old white guys, too, who I can't place without a scorecard) will do on DAY ONE, and no more of this "first 100 days" bullcrap, because apparently she's in a bigger hurry to push the Democrat agenda than the actual candidates are.
In short, this is a very stupid "debate."
I'll end this post with a helpful Subverse video (Subverse is one of Tim Pool's straight-news channels—no opinion, just news) that quickly surveys the Dem candidates and their positions:
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