{"id":13044,"date":"2019-06-28T16:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T23:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=13044"},"modified":"2019-07-31T15:49:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T22:49:53","slug":"special-coverage-analysis-of-the-first-2020-democratic-presidential-debate-night-two-bradcast-6282019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=13044","title":{"rendered":"Special Coverage: Analysis of the First 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate, Night TWO: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 6\/28\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_DemDebateMiami_ScrumNightTwo_062719.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Our Special Coverage of this week&#8217;s first 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami continues on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a>, with post-debate analysis, insight and occasional snarky comment regarding Night Two of the festivities! [<i>Audio link to show follows below.<\/i>]\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/democratic-debate-2019\/2019\/06\/25\/af9fd37e-96af-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html\">second night<\/a> featured ten more Presidential hopefuls, including: VT Sen. Bernie Sanders; former Vice President Joe Biden; CA Sen. Kamala Harris; South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg; NY Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; CO Sen. Michael Bennett; CA Rep. Eric Swalwell; former CO Gov. John Hickenlooper; former tech executive Andrew Yang; and author and spiritual advisor Marianne Williamson.  It was a very lively affair, to say the least, and our coverage today, I&#8217;m fairlly certain, rises to a similar level.<\/p>\n<p>Joining us once again today for the hour is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/writer\/heather_digby_parton\">Salon&#8217;s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/digbysblog.blogspot.com\/\">Hulaballo&#8217;s<\/a> award-winning <b>HEATHER DIGBY PARTON<\/b> as our through-line from yesterday&#8217;s coverage. She&#8217;s paired today with our old friend <b>RICHARD &#8220;RJ&#8221; ESKOW<\/b>, longtime political <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/author\/rj-eskow\">columnist<\/a>, host of the weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/ThisIsTheZeroHour.com\"><i>The Zero Hour<\/i><\/a> radio and TV program and, most helpfully today, a former insurance industry executive! <\/p>\n<p>Among the many issues discussed after Thursday&#8217;s debate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What the media are describing as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-debate\/in-breakout-debate-performance-harris-challenges-biden-on-race-idUSKCN1TT1AG\">breakout performance<\/a> from Harris, including her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/06\/28\/2020-democrat-debate-harris-biden-1386488\">face-off with Biden<\/a> over his history of working with segregationists in the U.S. Senate (and what it may tell us about her ability to take on Trump);<\/li>\n<li>whether Biden can sustain his polling lead after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/front-running-biden-trips-first-2020-democratic-debate-n1024386\">shaky performance<\/a>, raising questions about his age (along with similar concerns about Sanders and MA Sen. Elizabeth Warren, to be fair);<\/li>\n<li>how the matter of whether the candidates&#8217; various proposals for universal healthcare coverage deal with private insurers will be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1144419410729242625?s=20\">used against them<\/a> by both the Right and the corporate media (as well as whether or not those proposals <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1144419410729242625?s=20\">will apply<\/a> to undocumented immigrants);<\/li>\n<li>how well the cases made by younger candidates such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/28\/us\/politics\/pete-buttigieg-debate-south-bend.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage\">Buttigieg<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/the-fix\/who-is-eric-swalwell-and-why-did-he-just-tell-joe-biden-to-pass-the-torch\/2019\/06\/27\/edab05c2-b841-4331-932b-5e38702aab15_story.html\">Swalwell<\/a> seems to be going over after the first debate; whether Silicon Valley tech exec Andrew Yang&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yang2020.com\/what-is-ubi\/\">proposal for Universal Basic Income<\/a> makes any sense;<\/li>\n<li>at least one topic that the moderators, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrennanCenter\/status\/1144079452533600257\">shamefully<\/a>, did <i>not<\/i> raise yesterday; <\/li>\n<li>and even a few &#8220;insider&#8221; thoughts on the seemingly &#8220;4th dimensional&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/28\/style\/marianne-williamson-debate-president.html\">Marianne Williamson<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of that and <i>much<\/i> more on today&#8217;s very lively and hopefully both entertaining and informative <i>BradCast<\/i> Special Coverage!&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_HeatherDigbyParton-RichardEskow-DemDebateMiamiNightTwo_062719.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman_HeatherDigbyParton-RichardEskow-DemDebateMiamiNightTwo_062719.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n[<em>And if you missed our Night ONE coverage, it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=13043\">right here<\/a>!<\/em>]\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Special Coverage of this week&#8217;s first 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami continues on today&#8217;s BradCast, with post-debate analysis, insight and occasional snarky comment regarding Night Two of the festivities! [Audio link to show follows below.] The second night featured ten more Presidential hopefuls, including: VT Sen. 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