What Went Down At The January Democratic Debate

“So, can a woman beat Donald Trump? Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women. Amy and me,” says Warren. Interesting that she’s used this tiff with Sanders as a pitch for her own electability.

Was this whole kerfuffle just meant to set up a viral moment of Warren saying that the men on stage have lost a lot more elections than the women on stage?

Warren knew she was going to get this question about whether a woman can get elected president. She chose to use it to focus on the candidates’ electoral records, noting that the men on the stage have lost 10 elections combined and that the two women are undefeated. However, I’m not sure that’s a strong argument for Warren, who underperformed Massachusetts’ partisan baseline in both of her two elections.