What Went Down On Night Two Of The First Democratic Debates

As far as I can tell, Gillibrand, Harris and Sanders raised their hands for Medicare for All and getting rid of employer-based insurance. The other seven did not, I think.

That was a pretty good response by Gillibrand, and if the Democratic nominee winds up being someone like Warren who’s more unabashedly called for abolishing private insurance, I wonder if they’ll wind up backing into a position like Gillibrand’s by next November.

I continue to think that abolishing private insurance is a major general-election liability. The ads write themselves — and it would never pass even the most pro-Democratic projections of the Senate.