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\nSanders-Biden Debate<\/em><\/p>\n

If victory is defined as Biden avoiding an unforced error and turning in a merely mediocre performance, he definitely won. Otherwise there’s not a dime’s difference between the two. Biden sealed the deal with the promise of a female Veep, and Bernie burned down his last bridge with his \u201cIs it true, or is it not true, that China made great progress in reducing extreme poverty?” question to Biden. Sure they did, by massacring millions. This Primary is over, and Biden is the one.<\/p>\n

A Surreal Exercise in Regular Politics during an Ongoing Health Crisis<\/h3>\n

By JIM GERAGHTY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s Democratic presidential primary debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders felt like a supremely surreal exercise in irrelevance. The threat of the coronavirus is the all-consuming focus of the American public right now, and a pair of men who have no or nominal ability to influence the current government\u2019s policies told us that they would handle the threat much better if they were in charge.<\/p>\n

The men went through the motions of a presidential debate, while two states have already announced postponed primaries<\/a> and others are considering the move<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both Democratic candidates misspoke and referred to the coronavirus as \u201cEbola virus\u201d and \u201cSARS\u201d at points. Both men said that they would get the military and FEMA involved more. Both criticized the Trump administration\u2019s response. The candidates\u2019 answers were mostly lists of things \u201cwe\u201d have to do, with few specifics of how they would accomplish them.<\/p>\n

The situation is changing day by day; shortly before debate time, the CDC recommended that events with 50 people or more be canceled or postponed for the next eight weeks.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the situation is changing too fast for any public official to give good answers to the big questions that this crisis is provoking. CNN\u2019s Dana Bash asked a particularly good question: \u201cWhen the outbreak first started, the [Chinese] government censored the whistleblower doctor who sounded the alarm and downplayed the true gravity of the virus. What consequences should China face for its role in this global crisis?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders made clear he had no interest in punishing China, at least for now, and maybe ever: \u201cNow is the time to be working with China. They are learning a lot about this crisis. And in fact, we have to work with them. We have to work with the World Health Organization, we have to work with Italy. If there was ever a moment when the entire world is in this together, got to support each other, this is that moment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meaning we have to support the world. Again. Read the rest of the article here: The National Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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