Many, however, argue that “Amy Klobuchar deserves a closer look from electability-minded Democrats… Back in 2012, Obama won 53 percent of the vote in Minnesota. Klobuchar won 65 percent. Back in 2006, Tim Pawlenty narrowly defeated his Democratic opponent for governor in a race that also saw a significant third party vote. Klobuchar won 58 percent of the vote in a landslide win…

“If [Biden’s] message appeals to you — and clearly it does appeal to a lot of Democrats — you owe it to yourself to ask if Klobuchar isn’t a more effective vehicle for that message. She’s younger. She doesn’t have the specific baggage of having supported the Iraq War. She doesn’t have the specific baggage of Hunter Biden. Her policy ideas are broadly continuous with Barack Obama’s, just like Biden’s, and her pitch is electability, just like Biden’s. But unlike Biden, she has a record of winning landslide elections in a Midwestern state. You could do a lot worse than that.”
Matthew Yglesias, Vox

Some note, “Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, both said many Americans are not happy with the economy… [But] polling shows that many Americans -- over 50 percent -- feel as though the economy is strong. Telling them they shouldn't feel good, when they do, is a really bad idea…

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“Elizabeth Warren similarly made an argument in an earlier debate that she hasn't met anyone who liked their insurance company, when plenty of people clearly do. These sort of arguments aren't only condescending -- never a good strategy -- but they're also unnecessary. Democrats can and should talk about where the economy isn't working and where it could be working even better, but without essentially calling voters either liars or too dumb to know they aren't really as happy as they feel. That's in part how Trump won the first time.”
S.E. Cupp, CNN

At last night’s debate, Warren “called attention to a recent fundraiser Buttigieg held at a California wine cave. ‘The mayor just recently had a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave full of crystals and served $900-a-bottle wine,’ the Massachusetts senator said…

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“Buttigieg responded with a slippery claim that he was the only one on stage who wasn’t a millionaire or billionaire. But that’s true only because of his youth. He’s likely to be quite wealthy when he’s the age of Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. In fact, as the child of two university professors, Buttigieg grew up wealthier than almost anyone on the stage. Further, pointing to his relative wealth did nothing to address the issue that his fundraising is coming from wealthy donors… If the goal of the other candidates was to sabotage Buttigieg’s campaign, they might have succeeded.”
Jeet Heer, The Nation