Interesting Lineup for the 2020 Democratic Primary Debates (NBC Edition)

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Very Interesting.

First of all, there's the theory that Warren's main role is so siphon votes away from Sanders, which would hard to do (a) if they are on stage where people can compare them and (b) in light of Sander's awesome speech the other day. Of course, pitting Biden with Sanders could hurt Biden's chance of getting the True Base to even give him a decent look. And putting Biden and Warren together only to let Sanders be the star of the other night would be disastrous for every establishment Democrat out there. So the choice to pit Biden against Sanders makes me think the Shaft of the Democratic Party believes that Biden's lead is genuine (Ha!) and enough to weather a Bernie Storm.

Next, we have Tulsi Gabbard (a person who makes Fox News shake in their boots) in a group that are pushing sad Military Industrial Complex-friendly ideas. Gabbard is to foreign policy what Sanders is to economic policy, so unless the questions are all on the domestic side, she'll have a real chance to shine. In fact it's very possible that due to her non-interventionist stance, left-leaning libertarian types gravitate to Gabbard in a similar way that Democrats began gravitating to Ron Paul when he ran for President.

Booker, Klobuchar, O'Rouke and Gillibrand need to use the debate to move up a tier; they are still mentioned in the cable news circuit, but with nothing of note coming out of their camps they could slip into the "also-ran" category. Williamson and Yang, being the only two non-elected officials, will need to prove their ability to govern (sorry; just because Trump won doesn't mean that everyone is willing to vote for non-politicos in every election going forward).

Harris and Buttigieg seem to be at the crossroads; this debate could either be what propels them or what sinks their chances. Biden has them beat on experience, Sanders has them beat on True Base appeal, and Williamson and Yang has them beat on outsider appeal...outside of identity politics I don't see how these two can stand out.

That leaves Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Inslee, Ryan, Bennet, Hickenlooper and Swalwell. *Ahem*

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