Sanders and Biden campaign teams reflect on last night’s debate performance, as state and federal coronavirus responses dominates agenda
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From the opening elbow bump its was obvious that last night’s Democratic debate was not business as usual for a US election campaign.
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They sometimes seem most in their element talking about who wrote what part of what bill and who really killed what amendment and why. But scoring points on things people did or didn’t do, said or didn’t say decades ago felt small, especially given the candidates’ dominant positions in the race — and the acute crisis at hand for the country.
Biden did nothing to raise any fresh doubts about his electability. He was coherent, in control of his arguments in a way that he isn’t always, and aggressive enough against Sanders to keep the Vermont senator, who is rightfully respected as an excellent debater, on defense frequently.
Good morning, and welcome to our US politics live blog against the increasingly concerning backdrop of a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak.
Donald Trump has a busy morning ahead. At 10am ET there’s a video conference call with other G7 leaders – one which you imagine may be a little bit frosty after German media reports that the US was trying to buy up any coronavirus vaccine exclusively for itself.
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