What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate

Harris is clearly trying to preempt the end-of-debate website-promoting rush

I’ll also note, on the paid family leave question, that Warren’s book “The Two Income Trap” was about the way that working, middle-class families, get squeezed by things like the cost of child care. I think it’s a pretty good issue for Democrats to focus on.

Julia, maybe the focus is partly a reflection of the fairly small areas of serious policy disagreement (granted, health care is obviously a major subject) among the candidates. With Buttigieg’s rise in the race, I think credentials are a very fair topic of conversation. The mayor of a city of 100,000 becoming president would certainly cut against the idea that traditional credentials matter.