Biden needed not only to deliver a boffo performance but to wound candidates pulling away from him in the polls. Senior Biden campaign officials promised he would draw strong contrasts with Sanders and make electability an issue. He went after Sanders, blaming him for legislation that gave the gun industry an exemption from civil liability. Biden also took issue with court packing and turned it into an issue of electability and winning back the Senate. ADADWINNERS: Klobuchar, Biden and Buttigieg during the first halfLOSERS: Steyer, anyone who asked Steyer a question and Buttigieg on race

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2020 04:19 UTC