Bernie didn’t hit a home run and Biden didn’t strike out. On the pandemic, he outperformed Bernie. And generally speaking, this was Biden’s strongest debate and it is worth noting that he embraced some of the progressive positions of Bernie and Elizabeth Warren and committed to selecting a woman as his Vice Presidential running mate. He also announced that he would nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court when a vacancy opens up. In the end, I doubt — and we’ll know soon — if the dynamics of the primary contest changed as a result of tonight’s debate. Advantage, and a big advantage at that, still rests with Biden. On Tuesday, we will know for sure, when some major states hold their primaries.
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Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
