I predicted at the beginning of the night that Warren would be at the center of a skirmish over her Medicare for All plan, and boy was I wrong! Health care really wasn't a topic tonight. (Maybe that's a relief for viewers who had grown used to 45-minute dives into the depths of health care policy.) Warren also didn't feel like an especially strong presence after a lively little back-and-forth with Booker at the beginning. I'm not sure how much of a problem that is for her, though, given that tonight wasn't a debate with a lot of fireworks generally. She didn't do a lot to assuage voters who might be worrying she's too liberal, but she also didn’t say much to reinforce those fears either. I do wonder, though, if her wealth tax is going to be a target of more attacks going forward -- something to watch for in the next debate, maybe.
