First Review

“You can’t just make this all about Donald Trump. He’s an old show that people are getting tired of,” Elizabeth Warren says when Chris Matthews asks how she’d take him on as nominee. She argues that voters want to hear instead about her policy plans.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 27, 2019

Yeah, well:

Big applause when Inslee says the biggest threat to the United States is Donald Trump. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/deyAY9hwWb

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 27, 2019

And if this was/is the standard:

What Will Democrats Look for in Debates? Someone They Can Imagine Onstage With Trump https://t.co/pYeZu9OTCK

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) June 26, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is already out. Rick Wilson's description of the night:

Next plane.

When I land I expect this will devolve into DeBlasio running naked across the stage wearing Beto's head for a hat, Castro and Booker fighting with glaives, Tulsi singing the Internationale, and Mike Gravel running on stage wearing a toga while Warren just smiles.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 27, 2019

That's the memory I carry away from tonight. Chaos erupting on the stage over and over (what did you expect?) and the Senator from Massachusetts disappearing from view and attention.

Anybody expect her to do better against Trump on the same stage? She made a fine case for staying in the Senate. Castro and Booker, on the other hand, moved out of the shadows into the spotlight.

Asked where this version of Castro had been, he responds he’s been the same person. “It’s the media who has not been covering me.”

— Tarini Parti (@tparti) June 27, 2019

That's really what these debates are for.