Democratic Debate Schedule Announced

By Frances Langum — June 14, 2019

Here's the line up, via Wapo:

Joining Biden and Sanders in one group are Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.), Sen. Michael F. Bennet (Colo.), South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.), author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson and technology entrepreneur Andrew Yang.

The other group will include New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), former Obama Cabinet member Julián Castro, former congressman John Delaney (Md.), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), former congressman Beto O’Rourke, Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.).

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had the hot take that Elizabeth Warren appears to be the grown-up at the kids' table on night one:

.@ewarren just ended up being placed (randomly) in a debate pool with mostly back-of-the-packers. Is this good or bad for her? I'm not sure. But read my look at her inside strategy that has led to her recent surge to second or third place!https://t.co/PuBdIlYj6q

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 14, 2019

a lot of commentary that Warren was hurt by her group placement ... but doesn't she get to be a focal point of her debate? and no one she's sharing a stage with swill be inclined to go after her, either https://t.co/zPWVzRrYVV

— Alex Roarty (@Alex_Roarty) June 14, 2019

So Elizabeth Warren gets her own debate? https://t.co/19q9AHMrzR

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 14, 2019

Debate line up winners; Warren (only top-tier candidate her night), Klobuchar (centrist Warren foil her night) Harris (Biden kryptonite) Yang (the technocrat people think Buttigieg is). https://t.co/TxjX2VSS4z

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 14, 2019

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