The Moderates Strike Back: The 4th Democratic Debate

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🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Last night in Ohio, The New York Times co-hosted a presidential debate for the first time in more than a decade. Marc Lacey, The Times’s National editor, moderated the event with the CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper. It was also the first debate since Democrats started an impeachment inquiry into President Trump and his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Candidates denounced the president, calling for his impeachment, without wading into the specifics of the investigation. Instead, moderates focused on winning over Biden voters by differentiating themselves from more progressive candidates. Guests: Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The Times, and Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background coverage: Senator Elizabeth Warren was the primary target of moderates’ attacks, illustrating her status as an emergent front-runner. Candidates avoided criticism of Joe Biden, wary of echoing President Trump’s attacks on his family.Here are six takeaways from the debate.

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0:00.0	Yeah, so we're now on the campus of Audubine University and we're entering the Reich Center.
0:18.9	It's an athletic facility that has been turned into a huge debate stage.
0:25.3	So let's bring him up in Delaware, former vice president Joe Biden from Massachusetts, Senator Elizabeth Warren.
0:34.3	So we're going to go into a rehearsal right now, a sort of mock debate the evening before the debate.
0:41.8	So you have these podiums, 12 podiums, and right now there are Audubine University students who are acting as the candidates.
0:51.8	And I'm going to be sitting over there at that desk and there's someone who is sitting at my chair acting like me.
1:00.8	So I'm going to go and replace that.
1:03.8	Hey, how are you? How are you?
1:04.8	Yeah, so these are theater students who are acting like the candidates.
1:09.8	This is the city of New York Times.
1:25.8	New York Times National under the organization.
1:33.8	New York Times, I'm Michael Babar. This is the Daily. Today, last night in Ohio, for the first time in more than a decade, the New York Times co-hosted a presidential debate.
1:45.8	So I've never done one of these debates before, but you two are pros.
1:49.8	My colleague, Mark Leese, the national editor at the Times moderated it with CNN's Anderson Cooper.
1:56.8	I don't actually get nervous a lot about things, because I'm sort of dead inside, but I'm a lost star. I was learned to push all my emotions deep down and said.
2:04.8	But it's definitely a heightened state on that stage.
2:08.8	And Aaron Burnett.
2:09.8	Each person wants to break through, right? I mean, this is their moment. And for some people, they want to get on the next stage, right? So they have to break through.
2:15.8	It was also the first debate since Democrats have started pursuing an impeachment inquiry into the president.
2:22.8	One that centers around his efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating the leaving Democratic candidate on stage last night.
2:30.8	Joe Biden.
2:37.8	It's Wednesday, October 16th.
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