democratic debate
September 30, 2020
The highly anticipated first 2020 Presidential Debate started normally enough. Moderator Chris Wallace shared the debate format and assured the audience that none of the questions […]
March 16, 2020
This may be the last Democratic Party Primary Debate. Moved from my hometown of Phoenix to Washington DC – with minimal staffing and no audience.
March 10, 2020
CNN’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash, “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper, and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos will serve as moderators for this week’s Democratic presidential debate in […]
February 26, 2020
The 10th Democratic Debate was a free-for-all vs. a moderated debate. Candidates put a big bulls-eye on Sanders and Bloomberg, jumped in without being recognized, talked […]
February 20, 2020
NBC/MSNBC wanted and expected big ratings with the introduction of Bloomberg to the Democratic Presidential Primary stage. So the moderators set the tone with a new […]
February 8, 2020
The 8th Democratic Presidential Primary Debate was interesting…although not a whole lot of people were watching. Perhaps it’s a case of political burnout from the State […]
February 5, 2020
Aaahhh, the drama we have had this week: The literal tearing of the State of the Union speech, the interminable wait for the Iowa Caucus results, […]
January 15, 2020
The 7th Democratic Primary Presidential Debate of 2020 will be known for the Sanders/Warren “spat” about Sanders’ (leaked) comment about whether a woman could win the […]
December 20, 2019
The 6th Democratic Presidential Debate was tightly controlled with the debate moderators asking very pointed questions. Unfortunately, they (for the most part) didn’t reinforce the expectation […]
December 13, 2019
Next week’s Democratic Presidential debate will be overshadowed by the impeachment proceedings. Even though the “historically diverse field” has narrowed to seven, I predict that it […]
November 21, 2019
This week’s impeachment hearings overshadowed tonight’s Democratic Presidential Debate. So if you didn’t see the debate, you didn’t miss much.
September 13, 2019
Nope. It was a carefully scripted round of questions posed to the candidates (for the most part).
September 3, 2019
Since I have proclaimed myself as the 2019-20 Presidential Debate Rules Analyst, a few people have asked what that actually IS.
July 26, 2019
It’s tribal council time for Survivor 2020 – Democratic Presidential Candidate Edition! The DNC wants to winnow the slate of candidates – so don’t be surprised […]
June 28, 2019
As I predicted, round two of the first Democratic Primary Debate was more feisty. Moderator Lester Holt called it “spirited.” I’ll call it a feeding frenzy […]
