What Went Down At The December Democratic Primary Debate

In response to a question about American policy toward Israel, Sanders called himself “proudly Jewish.” One notable thing about this campaign is how much more he talks about his biography — he never talked about that before a couple of months ago. I have to think it has something to do with the rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S.

Yeah, Sanders almost never makes big screw-ups in debates, and I don’t think that it was a big screw-up, but it was at least a modest one. If you’re going to use your time to go back to an earlier question, you’d better make sure that you’re not sounding dismissive of the new issue you were asked about.

Yang is right about people of color not having the disposable income to donate to campaigns: The research backs him up. Michelle Ye Hee Lee of The Washington Post wrote a piece earlier this year about just how white political donors tend to be.