What Went Down At The First Biden vs. Sanders Debate

Sarah, it seems like tonight Sanders is walking a very line between wanting to push Biden to the left and claiming that Biden embraced progressive policies too late, or not fully enough. I can see how it might be a little jarring for someone who has been out on a limb for so long to suddenly have other people start to claim your ideas. But that’s also the price of having the ideas you’ve fought for move into the mainstream, and it feels a bit like Sanders is wrestling with that tonight — is it good enough for Biden to start to embrace them, or put his own spin on them?

Was that an ad for Fox News on CNN?

That definitely seems to be happening, Sarah and I’d say he’s much more effective at using his time to push his agenda and try to sway Biden than, say, Steyer was when he tried to play that role in his last debate. Sanders isn’t just pitching his platform, he’s taking Biden to task for areas where Sanders thinks he falls short and trying to make the case that it makes sense to adopt some more liberal platform planks.