I have no intention of blogging tonight's debate. But I must say with no relevant urgency that all this "I'm the only candidate on this stage who …" — a rhetorical tic performed mostly by Sens. Warren and Sanders, and why-in-hell-is-he-even-up-there Tom Steyer — had me reading the papers more than listening to the debate after the first 30 minutes or so.
As Eastern philosophers observed thousands of years ago, the more strenuously and theatrically one reaches for something, the farther away it becomes. Warren and Sanders, especially, should read some Taoism.