What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate

Booker emphasizes bringing the country together and his mayoral experience. My take has always been that Booker in 2008 is basically Buttigieg now. And weirdly, Booker’s experience is probably hurting him in this race because he is less fresh than other candidates.

Klobuchar and Booker having a good evening — and I do think they’re having good ones so far — would be one of the more fun outcomes if you like CHAOS and BROKERED CONVENTION predictions.

Booker says “I happen to be the other Rhodes Scholar mayor on this stage.” He’s probably alluding to a HuffPost article published the other day that found that Buttigieg’s Rhodes scholarship is discussed in the media much more often than Booker’s.