Response to the coronavirus dominated the discussion. Bernie Sanders focused on health care. Joe Biden committed to choosing a woman as vice president. Here are 4 key takeaways from the first one-on-one debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greet one another before they participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate.Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greet one another before they participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate.
What to make of the kind of debate that's never been seen before? Here are the takeaways from Sunday night:As to be expected, the novel coronavirus dominated the early part of the debate. The candidates tried to distinguish themselves from President Trump – and it started before the debate even began with an elbow bump between the two men in lieu of a handshake.
In the last two weeks, exit polls have shown voters saying they trust Biden more than Sanders to handle a major crisis. And Biden's inter-agency expertise played to that strength.Everyone expected the coronavirus conversation to be the news, and it was. But Biden created a viral moment on a different subject – he declared he would put a woman on the ticket as vice president, if he's the nominee.
It was a smart strategic move by Biden's team, not just to gain attention, but also to help pacify those on the left who have either been slow to warm — or been outright hostile — to the former vice president's nomination. Because Democrats allocate their delegates proportionally according to the primary vote, that's a very difficult lead for Sanders to overcome, especially as the race heads into states that favor Biden.
Sanders does appear to have a warmth for Biden that he never had for 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton. The campaigns have talked privately about how the two men have a long-held fondness for each other, which again proves that politics is so much about the personal.There's nothing that gets an American audience to the edge of their seats quite like talk of Erskine-Bowles, Dick Lugar and codas.
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