Official 2020 Democratic Primary Debate Thread

[mc_brew]

The Democratic Primary Debates Are Upon Us
Moderators: Savannah Guthrie, Lester ****, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, José Diaz-Balart

Debate 1:
Wed, June 26, at 9pm EST
Participants:

Cory Booker | Bill de Blasio | Julian Castro | John Delaney | Tulsi Gabbard

Jay Inslee | Amy Klobuchar | Beto O'Rourke | Tim Ryan | Elizabeth Warren

Debate 2:
Thu, June 27, at 9pm EST
Participants:

Joe Biden | Michael Bennet | Pete Buttigieg | Kirsten Gillibrand | Kamala Harris

John Hickenlooper | Bernie Sanders | Eric Swalwell | Marianne Williamson | Andrew Yang

Televised on NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo
Live streamed from NBCNews.com

Spoiler

Unconfirmed reports state that the entire electorate that voted for Hillary Clinton, yes all 66M voters, have declared for the Democratic primary. Many of them have qualified for the debate stage.

More info here:
2020 Democratic Debate Schedule (Primary Debates) - Election Central
Which Democratic Presidential Candidates Have Qualified for the First Debates?

Who do you want to see going at it? Who do you think will rock the set? What fukkery are you anticipating? What shenanigans is the DNC likely to pull? And most importantly, will the debates matter one way or the other to your decision of who to support for the Dem nomination?

Ladies and gentlemen and posters of Higher Learning, the countdown begins... you have three and a half weeks until showdown.

 

[acri1]

I'm expecting -

1. Lots of posturing about who does or doesn't support impeaching Trump
2. At least one gaffe by Biden that he'll have to Juelz his way out of
3. Bernie supporters deciding he's somehow being cheated by the DNC
4. Dems going at each other way harder than they go at Trump

We'll see what happens. I'm undecided on who I'd vote for at this point but leaning towards Warren.

 

[Dat Migo]

Hoping to see the field get culled a little.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

• Curious to see what Progressive gets to share stage with Biden. Hoping for Tulsi or Bernie, but I'll take Warren. If he is able to avoid all three I'm saying the selection was rigged.
• I'm expecting Booker, Harris and Buttigieg and Castro to try and go hard @ Bernie score some points if he is with them.
• Biden and Beto I'm anticipating not performing that well for my taste at least.
• Interested to see Yang's tact when debating a bunch of politicians.

 

[mc_brew]

• Curious to see what Progressive gets to share stage with Biden. Hoping for Tulsi or Bernie, but I'll take Warren. If he is able to avoid all three I'm saying the selection was rigged.
• I'm expecting Booker, Harris and Buttigieg and Castro to try and go hard @ Bernie score some points if he is with them.
• Biden and Beto I'm anticipating not performing that well for my taste at least.
• Interested to see Yang's tact when debating a bunch of politicians.

do you think anyone will go at biden...? i'm interested in how the progressives will try to deal with him.... biden is, by the polls, the front runner... i expect he will get a lot of firepower aimed at him...

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

How did some of those people make the stage?

 

[mc_brew]

How did some of those people make the stage?

i was wondering that too... when i started the thread i thought only ten of them made it, but it was 20 of them... i see why the dnc is changing the rules... damn near every candidate qualified...

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

i was wondering that too... when i started the thread i thought only ten of them made it, but it was 20 of them... i see why the dnc is changing the rules... damn near every candidate qualified...

Delaney
Bullock
Ryan
De Blasio (who just entered)
Inslee
Hickenlooper
Swalwell

 

[JoogJoint]

Delaney
Bullock
Ryan
De Blasio (who just entered)
Inslee
Hickenlooper
Swalwell

Yeah, those candidates are making me scratch my head. If I see them, then I'm surprised Moulton didn't make it yet.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

do you think anyone will go at biden...? i'm interested in how the progressives will try to deal with him.... biden is, by the polls, the front runner... i expect he will get a lot of firepower aimed at him...

Oh yeah, in this order Warren the most, then Tulsi then Bernie. Bernie has already said he is friends with dude and only plans to contrast their past records. Warren I think can smell she has got a shot and is going to go all out. Tulsi, is less calculating and has no shot really but if someone comes for her she will get at them heavy.
Also, other liberal candidates like Booker, Buttigieg, Harris etc. will also try and score points off him to.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Yeah, those candidates are making me scratch my head. If I see them, then I'm surprised Moulton didn't make it yet.

Whos a delaney voter?

 

[mc_brew]

Delaney
Bullock
Ryan
De Blasio (who just entered)
Inslee
Hickenlooper
Swalwell

honestly, i thought my first source was wrong, that's why i went to the second source... my first source said 19 of them made it, the second source said 20... i damn near passed out... they have to spread the big names around, because if all the big names are only on the one debate, no one is going to watch the other one...

 

[the next guy]

in

 

[IceDragon]

DNC is still splitting up the top candidates right? the reason i'm not a fan of that is because that most likely means Warren, Biden, Sanders, Harris, Mayor Pete, Beto, Booker all won't share the stage together. I know there's Yang or Williamson fans so i'm sorry ya'll but the 7 i just named are the top candidates at this point and i want to see them all together at the very least.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

hope these are followed by at least 4 candidates dropping out in the 2-3 weeks that follow them