All-white Democratic debate set to grapple with President Trump and race tonight in Detroit.
DETROIT — An awkward twist of fate has an all-white cast of 10 Democratic presidential candidates taking the debate stage here Tuesday night amid a national firestorm over President Donald Trump's racist commentary.
It will also be a contest for the hearts, souls and votes of the political left — a chance for contrast between top-tier candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-identified democratic socialist who won Michigan in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who favors regulated markets — as well as an opportunity for them to try Biden's more centrist approach to governance in absentia.
"The pundits may want to pit Warren and Bernie against each other, but they actually have a lot of shared beliefs. Tonight, I think you’re going see the two leading progressives contrast their views with the rest of the field," said Democratic strategist Rebecca Kirszner Katz, whose firm advises progressive candidates."Progressives don’t want to see them swing at each other.
Because some of the candidates haven't met the donor or polling thresholds to compete in future debates, this could be a last opportunity before the field starts to narrow. Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper are all in or near the Hail Mary phase of their campaigns, as is celebrity spiritual adviser Marianne Williamson.
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