government-run plan? on the issues of health care and immigration, the candidates leaning left as msnbc s first read puts it, most democrats still loaf obama, but their top 2020 presidential candidates for the most part have policies that go well beyond what the 44th president ever proposed. our big question we re asking today, how is the democratic political world different after the first debates? joining me, nbc news correspondent mike memory, senior director of progressive programming at sirius xm, maxwell. spokesperson for justice democrats, wally cha heed and msnbc political analyst susan del percio. so much to get to. we re waiting to hear from joe biden so stand by for that. ser lena, david fromme writes this in atlantic today. the big doubt about biden, can he cope with the ferocious malignancy that is donald trump.