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This is a special episode of Post Reports.

It's Thursday, November 21st. I'm Martin Powers. I'm here in Atlanta, Georgia at the fifth

Democratic Primary Debate co-hosted by the Washington Post and MSNBC and it has just wrapped up.

So now I'm here with three of my colleagues from the Post to talk through the key takeaways of

this debate. Let's just start with having you guys introduce yourselves.

Annie Lindzky with the Washington Post.

I'm Michael Scherer, also with the Post.

I'm Clee Voodson. I'm a National Political Reporter with the Washington Post.

So I think that if you were an undecided Democratic voter going into this debate,

I'm not sure that this would have left you with a clear impression of what the actual

substantive differences are between the candidates. Like in some ways I thought it was really a

refreshing debate because it felt very civil. Like there was a lot of talk about meaningful issues

and it felt like there were a lot of moments of people jumping down each other's throats.

But I think you could also say that like this debate was a little bit boring.

Well I don't think we're ready to call the debate boring quite yet. But I do think, I mean if you think

about the context, this debate comes after hours and hours and hours of one of the most dramatic

days of the impeachment hearings. And I think that these candidates were up there thinking in that

way that they are presenting themselves as each individually alternative to Trump rather than

the sniping at each other and wanting to show some sort of, some sort of sense of unity as a party.

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