Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

After watching very little of the first debate on Tuesday and more of the second debate on Wednesday,  I conclude that the winner of Tuesday was Warren and the winner of Wednesday was Warren.   Warren seems to have taken the lead of the left of the party from Sanders and Harris.  Everybody thought she debated well.  The moderates that were on Tuesday were weak and didn't challenge Warren much. 

Then on Wednesday, everybody piles on Biden but he was better prepared this time.  He was still not great but did fight back against his attackers enough to prevent further damage.  Harris, who had done well in the first debate, faded this time with people now attacking her.  It is always harder when you have a target on your back,  just ask Biden.

I think Booker and Gabbard did well on Wednesday.  But I don't think anyone crashed into the top four.  So given that, Warren comes out ahead on both nights as she is the only top candidate getting a boost from Detroit.

I thought that the CNN moderators were not very good.  They started with Harris, gave Biden a chance to rebut, then gave Harris a chance to rebut, then Biden.  This went on for few minutes before anyone else got to speak.  Then it was back to Harris and Biden again.  I think Yang didn't get to answer anything for  the first twenty minutes!  (I might have exaggerated but not by much).  There was also very little foreign policy discussions.  I understand that domestic issues are big, but given the problems we have all over the world today, I think we need to hear the views of the candidates on foreign affairs.

Although Yang seemed to try to solve every problem with his one thousand dollars per month idea, I thought he brought out some interesting thoughts.  The talk about 80% of the manufacturing jobs lost are due to automation, not due to transfer to overseas, is interesting.  He didn't get to talk much during the debate.  But was given the highest mark of anyone by a debate coach who commented for CNN afterward.  Then when interviewed by the CNN panel, he came across as very smart.  Perhaps too smart, as his points seem to go over the heads of the members of the panel.  They were just able to nod in agreement. 

I think with so many people attacking each other, there will be ammunition from the debates for Trump to use in the general election.  But it is important to find out out if Biden or anyone else is going to be able to take the heat.  Because Trump is going to try to bully during the general election debates.