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Marshall for Medium: “First Debate Spotlights Democrats’ Vulnerabilities”

  • June 27, 2019
  • Will Marshall

Bombarded by all-over-the-map questions by no less than five NBC interlocuters, the 10 candidates didn’t have time to go deep on anything.

Nonetheless, the low-key encounter was revealing. On the plus side, all those on the stage showed they are better qualified by intellect and temperament to be president than Donald Trump. On the minus side, the conversation highlighted four large political vulnerabilities Democrats must confront if they are serious about evicting Trump from the White House.

 

Read the full piece on Medium by clicking here. 

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