将近三个小时的马拉松是洛杉矶第六次民主党辩论——顺便说一句，还有六场——已经结束，参议员伯尼·桑德斯名列榜首。这位进步的候选人离开了辩论舞台，继续他的胜于伊丽莎白·沃伦的竞选。他一路上没有建立任何病毒模因，但这不是他的风格。他是在兜售他的政策，幸运的是，周四的辩论更多的是实质内容，而不是争吵，尤其是与之前的辩论相比。
失败者:参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦和南本德，印第安纳州市长皮特·巴蒂吉。但是迪吉格保护自己免受来自四面八方的攻击。他受到了一些打击，有时表现得准备过于严格。沃伦残忍地追踪巴蒂吉，讲述他在一个葡萄酒洞里举办的一次募捐活动，但她的表演不足以让她自己回到进步的领先者的轨道上。不太可能从他们的表现中获得或失去任何优势。
据美国全国广播公司新闻追踪报道，桑德斯总共发言了20分2秒，在发言时间方面，他名列第一。随着其他2020年民主党人瞄准了巴蒂吉日益上升的候选人资格，桑德斯仍然专注于他的标志性政策。也许他吸取了教训，与乔·拜登打架只会导致沃伦勇往直前。然而，有一次他开玩笑地指出拜登“收到了44位亿万富翁的捐款”，而“皮特却落后了”。你只有39位亿万富翁在捐款。”
当他说美国应该把他们花在武器上的大部分钱用于应对气候变化时，他赢得了掌声:“也许，只是也许，不是每年在全球范围内花费1.8万亿美元用于销毁武器，也许一位美国总统——也就是伯尼·桑德斯——可以领导世界，而不是花钱自相残杀，也许我们可以汇集我们的资源，抗击我们的共同敌人——气候变化。”
我们必须谈谈杨安泽和艾米·克洛布查尔，他们并列第二。较小的辩论阶段起到了奉承次要候选人的作用，提升了杨、克洛布查尔和亿万富翁汤姆·施泰尔的可信度。它表明，如果你能活到最后一轮，你将有机会从观众那里得到另一种视角——他们接受了。
拜登自从参加竞选以来，一直在大多数民调中领先民主党，他能够发挥自己的一些优势，尤其是在中国。他今晚缓和了失态，我们甚至在他处理一些棘手问题时看到了幽默的闪光，包括关于他年龄的问题，以及奥巴马政府中的一些人如何在阿富汗战争上误导美国人。他说他不同意五角大楼关于增兵的观点。
民主党总统候选人(L-R)前技术主管杨安泽，南本德，印第安纳州市长皮特·巴蒂吉，参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦(马萨诸塞州民主党)。)，前副总统乔·拜登，参议员伯尼·桑德斯。)，参议员艾米·克洛布查尔(明尼苏达州民主党人)和汤姆·施泰尔(Tom Steyer)于2019年12月19日在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶罗耀拉·玛丽蒙特大学参加民主党总统初选辩论。拥挤的人群中有七名候选人有资格参加美国公共广播公司新闻小时和政治科主办的2019年第六次也是最后一次民主党总统初选辩论。
但是我被扇耳光了
当晚最激动人心的时刻之一——也是候选人相互攻击的为数不多的时刻之一——是巴蒂吉和沃伦在前者与大资金捐助者的秘密筹款活动上的来回交锋。
这场混战始于沃伦指出巴蒂吉最近在加州一个“葡萄酒洞穴”举行的闭门筹款活动
沃伦说:“葡萄酒洞里的亿万富翁不应该选择下一任美国总统。”。
但这并不是巴蒂吉在舞台上唯一的争论。在辩论的后期，克洛布查尔和巴蒂吉格就经验展开了争论。
克洛布查尔说:“向我们的党表明，我们可以带着人，有一个更大的帐篷，有一个更大的联盟，是的，更长的尾巴，这很重要。”。
“如果你想谈论获胜的能力，试着组建一个联盟，让你在迈克·彭斯印第安纳州以同性恋者的身份获得80%的选票重新执政，”巴蒂吉回击道。
杨很好，也很有亲和力:“如果你让太多的男人独处一段时间，我们就有点变成白痴了”
杨致远在结束发言时向自己卑微的局外人身份点头致意。“我知道你在想什么，美国:我怎么还和他们在这个舞台上？”他说。
他是第一个回答辩论最后一个问题的人，这个问题很奇怪，似乎让一些候选人感到困惑。当被美国公共广播公司《新闻小时》的朱迪·伍德拉夫问及他是想请求对手原谅还是给他们一份礼物时，他说他很感激沃伦在给其他候选人提供副本之前拿起了他的书。
一些社交媒体用户认为，他关于女性政治家不平等的言论是当晚的引语。“如果你有太多的男人，让我们一个人呆一会儿，我们就有点像白痴，”他开玩笑说。
拜登拒绝承诺连任
当年龄问题出现时，拜登吹嘘他的经历——“更多的经历...比这个舞台上的任何人都多”——他有经验。
但是当政治杂志的蒂姆·阿尔伯塔指出拜登在完成假设的第一个任期时已经82岁了，并问拜登是否会连任时，拜登说他不会。
“不，我不愿意以这样或那样的方式做出承诺！事情是这样的:我还没有当选一个任期，所以让我们看看我们在哪里，看看会发生什么。但这是个好主意，”拜登说。
沃伦熟练地翻转年龄问题
拜登回答了潜在的第二个任期后不久，阿尔伯塔将问题转向沃伦。他指出，如果当选，她将是有史以来最老的总统。
“我也将是有史以来最年轻的就职女性，”沃伦回应观众的笑声和欢呼。
温和的球道凭借强劲的克洛布查尔表现赢得竞争
在整个夏天和秋天似乎都迷失在辩论舞台上之后，克洛布查尔发现自己是一个温和的候选人，辩论表现更加轻松和自信。
随着拜登的辩论越来越激烈，但并不占主导地位，而巴蒂格受到进步候选人的抨击，克洛布查尔强调了她的简历，并开始作为一名来自紫色州的参议员进行竞选辩论，他可以“把农村和郊区，特别是中西部地区带进来”
克洛布查尔借此机会将自己的经历和选举记录与皮特进行了对比，皮特指责她在上次辩论中嘲笑“100年的经验”，并补充道，“我只是认为，当你审视自己如何评价一个能把事情做好的人时，你应该尊重我们的经验。”
WHO WON THE SIXTH DEMOCRATIC DEBATE? ANALYSIS OF THE WINNERS, LOSERS AND HIGHLIGHTS
The nearly three-hour marathon that was the sixth Democratic debate in Los Angeles—there are another six left, by the way—has ended with Senator Bernie Sanders coming out on top. The progressive candidate left the debate stage continuing his better-than-Elizabeth-Warren run. He failed to rack up any viral memes along the way, but that's not his style. He's about touting his policies and luckily for him, Thursday's debate was far more about substance than bickering, especially compared to those that preceded it.
The losers: Senator Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg defended himself from attacks in all directions. He took some hits and at times came off as too rigidly prepared. Warren brutally went after Buttigieg about a fundraiser he held in a wine cave, but her performance wasn't enough to steer herself back on track as the progressive frontrunner. It's unlikely that either will gain or lose any ground from their performance.
Sanders spoke for a total of 20 minutes and 2 seconds, according to an NBC News tracker, placing him in first place in terms of speaking time. As other 2020 Democrats targeted Buttigieg's rising candidacy, Sanders remained focused on his signature policies. Perhaps he learned his lesson that picking fights with Joe Biden will only result in Warren surging ahead. However, at one point he did jokingly point out that Biden has "received contributions from 44 billionaires" while "Pete, on the other hand, is trailing. You've only got 39 billionaires contributing."
He received applause when he said America should divert much of the money they are spending on weapons to fight climate change: "Maybe, just maybe, instead of spending $1.8 trillion a year globally on weapons of destruction, maybe an American president—i.e. Bernie Sanders—can lead the world, and instead of spending money to kill each other, maybe we pool our resources and fight our common enemy—which is climate change."
We have to talk about Andrew Yang and Amy Klobuchar, who both tied for second place. The smaller debate stage worked to flatter the minor candidates, elevating Yang, Klobuchar and billionaire Tom Steyer's credibility. It showed that if you can survive to the final rounds, you'll have an opportunity to get another look from viewers—and they took it.
Biden, who's been leading the Democratic field in most polls since he entered the race, was able to play to some of his strengths, especially when it came to China. He toned down the gaffes tonight and we even saw flashes of humor as he dealt with some tough questions, including ones about his age and how some in the Obama administration misled Americans about the Afghanistan war. He said he disagreed with the Pentagon about the troop surge.
Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) former tech executive Andrew Yang, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tom Steyer participate in the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Seven candidates out of the crowded field qualified for the 6th and last Democratic presidential primary debate of 2019 hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico.
Buttigieg Gets Slapped Around
One of the most exciting moments of the night—and one of the few times that the candidates attacked each other—was the back and forth between Buttigieg and Warren over the former's closed-door fundraisers with big-money donors.
The scuffle started when Warren pointed out Buttigieg's recent closed-door fundraiser that took place in a California "wine cave."
"Billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president of the United States," Warren said.
But that wasn't the only argument Buttigieg had on the stage. Later in the debate, Klobuchar and Buttigieg sparred over experience.
"Showing our party that we can actually bring people with us, have a wider tent, have a bigger coalition and, yes, longer coattails, that matters," Klobuchar said.
"If you want to talk about the capacity to win, try putting together a coalition to bring you back to office with 80 percent of the vote as a gay dude in Mike Pence's Indiana," Buttigieg fired back.
Yang Is Nice and Relatable: "If You Leave Too Many Men Alone for a While, We Kinda Become Morons"
Yang began his closing statement with a nod towards his humble outsider status. "I know what you're thinking, America: How am I still on this stage with them?" he said.
He was the first to answer the final question of the debate, a pretty strange one that appeared to baffle some of the candidates. When asked by PBS Newshour's Judy Woodruff whether he would like to ask one of his opponents for forgiveness for anything or offer them a gift, he said he was grateful that Warren picked up his book, before offering copies to the other candidates.
Some social media users argued that his remarks about the inequity for female politicians was the quote of the night. "If you get too many men, and leave us alone for a while we kind of become morons," he joked.
Biden Declines to Commit to Serving Second Term
When the question of age came up, Biden boasted of his experience—"more experience... than anybody on this stage"—he had experience.
But when Politico's Tim Alberta pointed out that Biden would be 82 by the time he finished a hypothetical first term and asked if Biden would commit to a second term, Biden said he wouldn't.
"No, I'm not willing to commit one way or another! Here's the deal: I'm not even elected one term yet, so let's see where we are, let's see what happens. But it's a nice thought," Biden said.
Warren Expertly Flips Age Question
Shortly after Biden's answer about a potential second term, Alberta turned the question to Warren. He pointed out that, if elected, she would be the oldest president ever inaugurated.
"I'd also be the youngest woman ever inaugurated, as well," Warren replied to laughs and cheers from the audience.
Moderate Lane Gets Competitive With Strong Klobuchar Performance
After seeming lost on the debate stage through the summer and autumn, Klobuchar found her voice as a moderate candidate with a more relaxed and assured debate performance.
With Biden having a stronger, but not dominant debate and Buttigieg coming under fire from the progressive candidates, Klobuchar highlighted her resume and began to make an electability argument as a senator from a purple state, who can "bring in the rural and suburban areas, particularly in the Midwest."
Klobuchar took the opportunity to contrast her experience and electoral track record with Pete accusing her of mocking "100 years of experience" in the last debate and adding "I just think that you should respect our experience when you look at how you evaluate someone who can get things done."
