The Third Democratic Debate

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Just 10 candidates qualified for the stage in Houston, but that didn’t change some recurring themes: Joe Biden was again the target of fierce scrutiny, and health care was a central point of contention. But what else did we learn?

Guest: Alexander Burns (https://www.nytimes.com/by/alexander-burns), who covers national politics for The New York Times.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily). Background reading:


Attacks on Mr. Biden highlighted the divide over the Obama legacy, with the former vice president repeatedly invoking his old boss’s name (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/politics/democratic-presidential-debate-recap.html).
Many Democrats hoped that defeating an unpopular, rampaging president would be relatively simple. But party officials are wary of some potential vulnerabilities that this debate re-emphasized (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/politics/democratic-debate-candidates.html?searchResultPosition=1?smid=pc-thedaily).
Here are six takeaways (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/politics/september-democratic-debate-live.html) from the contest.


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