Though both Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren will split center stage on Thursday night, it’s all but guaranteed that it will be the senator from Massachusetts who is painted in a new light.
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll finds Biden holding his ground as this summer’s front-runner, but while Warren saw a gain, Biden did not advance. And now, for the first time, she’ll take a podium directly next to Biden, the candidate who has stood front and center in every debate so far. But despite the rising anticipation over their matchup, Warren said it won’t change her approach.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during the first round of the second Democratic primary debate in Detroit, July 30, 2019.
In fact, these debates– allowing candidates just about a minute of response time and requiring them to share their time with nine other candidates — don’t compare to the debates Warren excelled at in her high school years, when she was a state champion and would spend hours with her debate teammates preparing to extensively map out an argument on a single topic before a judge.
Asked in New Hampshire on Saturday how she’s preparing, Warren said simply, “Can we just start with the fact that these are not debates like those were debates?”
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