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What Went Down In The Third Democratic Debate
Sanders’s defense of the filibuster continues to perplex me. I guess he’s a creature of the Senate, but he’s never been afraid to tear down establishment barriers before. And his very ambitious plans would seem to be extreme long shots to get 60 votes.
I don’t really get why Bernie is promising a political revolution and yet doesn’t want to eliminate the filibuster.
Another note on viewership — the first two Democratic primary debates haven’t come close to the 24 million people who tuned in to the first GOP primary debate in August 2016. With summer vacations behind us and all the candidates debating on a single night, viewership may be higher tonight. But it’s definitely hard to compete with a Trump debate.