What Went Down At The January Democratic Debate

Warren just brought up cutting defense spending. As Poll Bot mentioned before, according to a Hill HarrisX poll from June 2019, just 16 percent of Americans — including 25 percent of Democrats and 6 percent of Republicans — support decreased spending for military defense.

Does Obama become president if not for the Iraq War, Nate? It definitely helped define that 2008 primary and general.

Sure, Nate, I think when talking about foreign policy, presidential candidates have to talk about that. It’s obviously not a singular defining force, but I’m marveling over its staying power (because we’re still in the Middle East). But I will say that I think Biden is something of a special case because being Obama’s VP helped perhaps launder some of his reputation in certain ways, something we’ve talked about throughout the primary.