The Democratic presidential debates have degraded as the number of participants has diminished. There was a time last summer when the stage was packed with ten-plus candidates that the exchange was lively. Now with the field reduced to Klobuchar, Steyer, Buttigieg, Warren, Sanders and Biden the best thing about the debates, if you exclude Bernie's tried-and-true jeremiads, is Tom Steyer, the anti-plutocratic plutocrat. It is not a surprise that Steyer's performance is given the lowest marks by a New York Times panel.
A billionaire's invective directed at the political-economic system that allowed him to accumulate his wealth and build the platform on which he stands is captivating. Klobuchar and Buttigieg, who are peddling similar versions of the same centrist snake oil, can't compete. Biden is only interesting because of the ease with which he slides into gibberish. Warren can still speak articulately about the perversions of the status quo, but more and more she's looking gassed. Sanders remains the standard-bearer for ending neoliberal hegemony.
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