What Went Down On Night One Of The First Democratic Debates

What works for gun violence? We did a big project on this a few years ago. Turns out, suicide, largely by long-time gun owners who are comfortable with those weapons, is how people are most likely to die from gun violence in this country. That would be the place to start.

The word “emergency” is also interesting, given the speculation about how Trump’s national emergency declaration could open the floodgates for future presidents to declare emergencies on any issue.

Warren’s been pretty good but, oddly, the fact that a lot of the other candidates are also doing pretty well might help her, since there’s not necessarily any non-Warren standout and the default media narrative over the past few weeks has been about Warren’s emergence.