It was Julian Castro’s big night; Elizabeth Warren stood head and shoulders above Jay Inslee; Cory Booker almost made us cry; everyone spoke Spanish at one point or another (kind of); and Beto O’Rourke was publicly schooled – a few times.
Plus, the jury is still out on these ones:
There was that time Castro talked about women’s rights – and we kind of liked it. And then Amy Klobuchar chimed in for literally most women in America.
Klobuchar had some of the best lines of the night, between 5am bathrobe digs and a woman’s right to choose.
It was a huge night for Democrats in Miami as the first night of the Democratic debate commenced for two hours. Except for that sound issue during the bottom half of the night where we saw Rachel Maddow calming down Chuck Todd like a mother and son duo – one with obvious experience (Rachel) and the other with an intention and no confidence to back it up (Chuck), it was definitely anything but “BORING.”
Then there was that time trans issues were a thing during the Democratic debate…and we soaked it all up because it was about time.
It was an electric night with a lot of heart on the Democratic stage – and tonight we’ll experience Round 2 with another 10 candidates fighting for the mic.