What Went Down On Night Two Of The First Democratic Debates

I continue to think it’s a bit risky for Sanders to cite his polling against Trump, which his campaign is really fond of doing. For one thing, Biden’s actually doing better in head-to-head polls right now than Sanders is — although Sanders is doing well — and increasing the profile of “electability” tends to help Biden overall. For another, general election polls are famously prone toward shifting this early in the campaign. If we get to next March or something and the candidates have spent 9 months beating up on one another, some of their numbers are gonna go down against Trump. Also, some of the candidates who aren’t well-known now will probably see their numbers improve against Trump as their name recognition increases.