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Sanders and Warren Dominate the First Detroit Debate Night.
And, I love it.
I don’t know what I expected when I went to watch night one of the Democratic Debate in Detroit, but to say it exceeded my expectations in almost every conceivable way would probably be an understatement.
July 30th was an absolutely incredible night for the left.
From the moment Elizabeth Warren walked out on that stage, beamed at Bernie Sanders, and shook his hand, I knew the tone they were setting. I knew that they looked at the names of candidates who would be sharing the debate stage with them, and they determined what they had to do. They succeeded in ways I’m not sure their campaigns could even have anticipated, and in the midst of a circular firing squad when it came to nearly every single issue addressed over the course of the nearly three hour debate, they consistently rose above.
There is no way I could possibly get to every instance where they impressed me, but the highlights were obvious for many.
While they both performed exceedingly well, Bernie Sanders was the winner beyond a shadow of a doubt. Elizabeth Warren was of course in a close second, but Bernie has been hinting with recent rhetoric both on television appearances and campaign emails that his gloves might be coming off for this debate, and he…
