The Question Warren Won’t Answer

Lee Drutman’s debate commentary was featured in an analysis round-up in the New York Times.

I hope her vagueness is a first step toward that position. But it isn’t very satisfying in the moment.

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Lee Drutman, political scientist, in FiveThirtyEight: “At the end of the night, it’s still basically a two-person race. Warren and Biden gave performances consistent with previous debate performances, so there’s nothing to suggest that tonight will have much impact on the race by itself.”

Matt Ford, The New Republic: “None of the candidates’ spats and skirmishes are nearly as interesting as the unspoken truce between Sanders and Warren.”

Perry Bacon Jr., FiveThirtyEight: “Buttigieg was very aggressive tonight, particularly in taking on Warren. It was an important night for him. Klobuchar also took on Warren, and was also effective. The problem is those two are competing for the same centrist voters, so they can’t both benefit.”