The eighth Democratic Debate

For the eighth time we’ve watched the seven remaining candidates attempting to convince voters. 

• Sanders exhibited the best performance. That was easy, he’s been on the same message since 2016. The problems with him are his stubbornness and “socialist” label that won’t get him enough votes to beat Trump. 
• Klobuchar did a much better job than usual, particularly during her closing statement. This might be to little to late, though, and no, I don’t believe she can beat Trump. 
• Buttigieg was clearly under siege and showed many “holes” in his responses to the various attacks he had to sustain. Can’t beat Trump either. 
• Both Biden and Warren failed to deliver the turnaround performance expected of them and are only likely to lose ground over time. 
• As for Yang and Steyer they occupied spots they never should have, thus wasting precious debate time among the five more viable candidates. 

In conclusion, to beat Trump one cannot be just “almost as good”, he or she has to be clearly superior.

None of the seven candidates we saw show any superiority over Trump in terms of meanness, sheer energy, credibility and ability to bullshit.

Only Bloomberg has a chance to effectively close the President’s foul mouth.