The first set of debates is now in the record books. I said a little too early, I suspect, that lst night was the discussion and tonite would be the rumble. That was before Mayor De Blasio decided to start interrupting which was then followed by more interruptions.

There was a decent amount of substance last night, but I am going to say it. We have too many people running. I don't know why some of these people were up there last night.

I am still undecided, but I will admit, I favored Warren, Castro, Booker, and Klobuchar. In my opinion, O'Rourke looked like a fish out of the water on the stage. He failed to give answers that met my standards. Ryan became a hard pass for me and Delaney and De Blasio coming in as a soft pass.

Tonite will be another 10 men and women on the stage. It will probably be more bombastic than last night with both Biden and Sanders together on stage. I hope this field narrows down sooner rather than later, because quite frankly, while it might not be the most popular opnion, sometimes more is not merrier.

Sometimes more is just too much. Speaking of too much, I'm gonna leave this here.

Cory Booker spoke the most words on night 1 of the first Democratic debates.
Beto O’Rourke was second.
Elizabeth Warren was third.
Chuck Todd, one of the moderators, spoke just 4 words less than Warren and more words than 7 of the candidates on stage. https://t.co/b3Vdk51JWc pic.twitter.com/0qn5jvPMbB

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 27, 2019

Happy Thursday!

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Raine