there. what did you make of it? ijust there. what did you make of it? i just stepped out of the so called spin room, where all the candidates have converged after this debate about their advisors and they re spinning their performances tonight. based on my private conversations with a few key players, this debate didn t change the overall contours. former president donald trump stills remains in the you have the view of his rivals and allies, the dominant force. the race to be the viable alternative, who can be credible in a general election, that race is on. former new jersey governor chris christie, the fast rising entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy. all of them sparred tonight on policies domestic and foreign. and for republican voters who are just starting to pay attention, this was an importantjuncture in the race. was an important “uncture in the the race. there were allegations - the race. there were allegations levelled l the race. there were l allegations levelled at the race
the ones who are looking at their candidates and thinking, well, maybe they weren t as good as we thought they were originally. well, brian , chuck schumer was caught on a hot mic today talking about so that democrats chances in the midterms. check this out. looks like. so that s brian . he said the debate didn t hurt much. and pennsylvania is up by three, right? by the way, how does he know? i mean, he s smiling. he s cheerleading. but it is interesting to gets a hot mike . no matter how experienced you are in politics, they seem to never understand. the microphone is always on . remember what he called peter doocy, the united states that stupid blank. but a couple of things just on your monologue. you nailed it in many respects,
their candidates and thinking, oh, boy, maybe they weren t as good as we thought they were originally. laura: well, brian, chuck schumer was caught on a hot mic today talking about democrats chances in the midterms, check this out. laura: brian he said the debate didn t hurt much in pennsylvania? oz is up by 3. right. by the way how does he know? he s smiling and cheerleading. but it is interesting to catch the hot mic. no matter how experienced you are in politics they seem to never understand the microphone is always on. remember when he called peter doocy, the president of the united states a stupid blank. couple things on your monologue you nailed it in many respects.
people are scared. but we can t choose a candidate we don t believe in just because we re too scared to do anything else, and we can t ask other people to vote for a candidate we don t believe in. democrats win when we figure out what is right and we get out there and fight for it. i am not afraid, and for democrats to win, you can t be afraid either. so john heilemann, a fascinating debate last night. both the progressives and the center of the stage i thought performed admirally, ably and t moderates, john hickenlooper, steve bullock and tim ryan making sure the same mistakes that occurred in the first debate didn t occur in the second debate. i wonder if rahm emanuel s memo, david axelrod saying hold on, let s remain elected.
we are just hours away from the cnn democratic presidential debate here in detroit. so who has the lead going into this big event? let s get the forecast with cnn s senior politics writer and analyst, harry enten. great to have you here. this is the night you dream about. i feel like a football announcer or maybe britney spears. she s a jack of all trades. let s move on who has the momentum? what s so interesting to me, before that first didn t, joe biden had a clear lead in the quinnipiac university poll, and after the debate, kamala harris took it to him, she was able to take a lot of that lead away, and came within the margin of error of him. a recent poll that came out yesterday shows him bouncing back up. it was almost as if the first debate didn t happen at all. it s amazing and kind of reminds