What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate

Sometimes presidential bids are really more like auditions for Cabinet posts. Let’s say Yang doesn’t appear on the ticket — is there a Cabinet post for him in a future Democratic administration?

Biden just spoke about the importance of alliances. By and large, Americans are still in support of the NATO alliance: In 2019, 77 percent of Americans though the NATO alliance should be maintained. As of February 2019, support was fairly bipartisan: 70 percent of Republicans, 75 percent of independents and 88 percent of Democrats thought NATO should be maintained, according to Gallup polling.

I’m having memories right now of the 2012 general election debate when Romney got laughed at by some for saying Russia was the greatest foreign policy threat. That seems prescient now!