Democratic presidential debate at a glance

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Democrats hoping that Wednesday night’s first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign would help clarify some issues were probably disappointed&period; There were no major stumbles&comma; but few standout moments as 10 candidates vied for the nation’s attention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are some of the key points&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><strong>Warren and Castro lead the way<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;134898" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-134898" style&equals;"width&colon; 660px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-134898" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;103871624&lowbar;tv048545996&period;jpg" alt&equals;"BBC Elizabeth Warren of the Democratic Party" width&equals;"660" height&equals;"371" data-wp-pid&equals;"134898" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-134898" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">President Donald Trump and Republicans have taunted the Democrat over Warren&&num;8217&semi;s reported Native American heritage<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren dominated the debate’s opening moments&comma; calling for systemic change to the nation’s economy and the end to the private insurance system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ms Warren was the highest-polling candidate on stage and NBC moderators repeatedly tried to draw her rivals into challenging her liberal policies&period; But they largely passed on those opportunities&comma; even when Ms Warren was virtually alone in her stance on overhauling the healthcare industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former housing and urban development secretary Julian Castro&comma; who has struggled for months to break through in the crowded field&comma; asserted himself as a leader on immigration&comma; an issue sure to be at the forefront of the general election campaign against President Donald Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He challenged his rivals to join him in rewriting immigration laws so that mere illegal entry into the United States would no longer be a federal crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The question is whether Ms Warren and Mr Castro’s performances still stand out after night two of the Democratic debate on Thursday&comma; when former vice president Joe Biden and nine other candidates take the stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><strong>Whose economy is it anyway&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The debate kicked off with moderator Savannah Guthrie asking Ms Warren if her many ambitious plans — free college&comma; universal childcare and healthcare — would hurt a booming economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Who is this economy really working for&quest;”<&sol;em> Ms Warren replied&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her response was echoed by other Democrats&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Donald Trump just sits in the White House and gloats about what’s going on&comma; when you have so many people that are having trouble affording college and having trouble affording their premiums&comma;”<&sol;em> said Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar&comma; a moderate who declined to take a swipe at Ms Warren’s ambitious plans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas condemned Mr Trump’s tax cut as part of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;an economy that is rigged to corporations and to the very wealthiest”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And Representative Tim Ryan&comma; who represents several declining industrial areas in Ohio&comma; said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This issue we’re talking about has been going on for 40 years&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Only former Representative John Delaney of Maryland clearly disagreed and said many of Ms Warren’s promises were not realistic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>How far on immigration&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No issue in the first Democratic debate showcased the contrast with Mr Trump more than immigration&period; But the issue also exposed significant rifts among his challengers — namely the two Texans on the stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Castro took aim at Mr O’Rourke&comma; who has campaigned heavily on border issues&comma; for not proposing to decriminalise illegal migration in his immigration blueprint&period; Such a step would make a significant change to US immigration law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you truly want to change the system&comma; we have to change that section”<&sol;em> of federal law&comma; said Mr Castro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr O’Rourke said he wanted to keep the provision so authorities could pursue drug and human traffickers&period; But Mr Castro cut him off&comma; noting that there are separate laws that could be used against those crimes&comma; and the entire stage broke down into crosstalk and shouting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several other contenders — including Ms Warren&comma; New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and Washington Governor Jay Inslee — have already signed up to Mr Castro’s approach&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><strong>Appeals to diverse base<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The diversity of the modern Democratic Party was on display on Wednesday night — three women&comma; one black man and a man of Mexican heritage vying for the presidential nomination&period; And the candidates made sure they were speaking to the party’s base&comma; which is becoming younger and less white&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr O’Rourke showed off his fluent Spanish in his opening statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Booker countered with his Spanish during a discussion of immigration&comma; and also noted that he is probably the only candidate who lives in a poor&comma; predominantly minority community &lpar;Newark&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Castro spoke in Spanish during his closing statement and talked about saying &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;adios” to Mr Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York Mayor Bill de Blasio noted that he has an African-American son as he urged the party to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stop acting like the party of elites”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><strong>A new Democratic bogeyman&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Perhaps the hardest question for Democrats to answer was how the candidates would deal with a Republican&period; Not Mr Trump&comma; but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Republicans have a good chance of still controlling the Senate even if Democrats win the White House in 2020&comma; and it is unlikely Mr McConnell would allow any of the candidates’ ambitious proposals on government-run healthcare or green energy to become law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Ms Warren promised she had a plan to deal with Mr McConnell&comma; though it seemed to centre on rallying public opinion against him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have to push from the outside and lead from the inside&comma;”<&sol;em> she said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Booker proposed that the party’s presidential nominee campaigns in longshot states like South Carolina in the hope of snaring enough seats to take over the Senate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Inslee suggested eliminating the filibuster — which the president cannot do and which would strengthen Mr McConnell’s hand if the GOP remained in the majority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed12088e277">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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