they need to be more careful moving forward. i m a former republican. i m a conservative. people can get angry at me. but trust me, nobody wants donald trump to be sent home more than i do. so i m saying this as somebody sglsh that s always the tension in a primary. how far left do you have to go to win the primary and then tack back to the center to run. joe biden is trying to occupy that middle space. you saw in some cases tim ryan and beto o rourke trying to pull back a little bit on the medicare for all. then you had de blasio going after beto o rourke on that question. people talking about eliminating private insurance. that s not going to play well in a general election. there are a the lot of people that like their private insurance. people were talking about an alternative. the question will be how far left is is the nominee dragged throughout this process and last night a bunch of them were already pretty far left, but some were dragged ta way.
let s talk about the base. a lot of people in the democratic base obviously follow what your organization says. what was your takeaway last night? who excited the base? so i think that elizabeth warren definitely. she led the way. her message really hit, and she did something that i think all of us are trying to figure out what she was able to do. when she does the town halls, she has big energy. she talks about policies that s really in depth. there are multiple policies. she has a plan for everything. she went on that debate stage and was able to first of all just deliver her message, be strong, and it lasted through the two hours, and i have to tell you, julio castro, wow, how amazing was he. he really i think reset his campaign. he had a strategy that was very clear. he took every moment, every question that was asked to him, he used that to his benefit. it was clear that he had a strategy with beto o rourke, and they had that texan, the two texans were going after each other, an
last year when megyn kelly asked donald trump if he lost, if he d run as an independent and he wouldn t answer it. well, bernie sanders when talking to you basically said i m going to drive this thing all the way regardless of what happens. this has been my question for bernie sanders all the way along. we talked about policy. what s he going to do if had becomes clear that someone else is going to win the nominations? we re not talking about a contested convention. if we re looking into the summer, we know who the democratic nominee is going to be, are you going to step back and say okay, i m going to support that nominee before we go into the convention? and he wouldn t answer the question. he said i m not going to commit to that. i get it. it s early, but he really did in the view of a lot of people who worked for hillary clinton and others in the democratic party damage her when she had to go up against president trump. i think it s a huge question looming over this democratic fi
america was, you re doing that test. i i see this person standing on the stage next to donald trump. the question will be for a lot of these candidates, did i look that way last night? yes, we heard some substance and policy, but as you know in politics, there s a cosmetic aspect to this. can they stand on a stage with donald trump. who stood out as the best the political athlete in that respect? i agree with what a lot of people have said. elizabeth warren had a good night. absolutely. castro had a good night. did much better than people thought. i think cory booker, as far as you talk about a political athlete the way we talk about ronald reagan, bill clinton, barack obama and donald trump, cory booker, it seemed to me last night, seemed to have it all. i mean, he seemed he hit all
quality primary, mental health care and ensuring that every woman is able to make her own decisions about her own body and have access to the care that makes it possible. congressman, big picture, you were one, frankly you took probably more punches perhaps than anyone else on the stage last night. you had been kind of the democratic party s golden boy taking on ted cruz in texas coming close to winning, but clearly this stage is different. what has been the most different for you so far? what s been the hardest about trying to make this transition to running for president. listen, joe said this earlier about these town hall meetings. there s so many people to meet and listen to. my job is to reflect back what i ve heard, not just the challenges and not just the problems but the solutions that people bring to the table. that s what i wanted to do on that debate stage last night. we were all asked a question about gun violence. nearly 40,000 of our fellow americans will die this yea