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The much-anticipated fireworks were never set off Wednesday night as 10 Democratic candidates for president used the Atlanta debate to trash President Trump and not each other. While there were a few sharp moments, as when New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said he thought former Vice President Joe Biden “might have been high” when he came out against legalizing marijuana earlier this week (Biden supports decriminalization, not legalization), the presidential hopefuls were mostly content to slam Trump and talk about their plans as president. Trump is “not only a pathological liar, he is likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of America,” said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The president is “a criminal living in the White House,” added California Sen. Kamala Harris. Trump has “embraced thugs ... and so this guy has no idea what he’s doing,” said Biden. Democrats can’t win in 2020 just by being against Trump, the … [Read more...] about Democratic candidates unite to criticize Trump in latest debate

In the crowded field vying for the 2020 Democratic nomination, Senator Cory Booker is still looking for a breakout moment—and he hasn’t got it, not even close. He pledged not to take contributions from corporate PACs or lobbyists, and now his campaign is desperately short of cash. In fact, it could even fold, very soon. But Booker is an accomplished candidate on the stump, and he’s certainly not short on ambition. His agenda includes sweeping criminal-justice reform and a three-trillion-dollar climate package. He came up in politics as the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a city that suffered badly from the loss of manufacturing jobs, and from abandonment, poverty, violence, neglect of every kind. As mayor, he succeeded in revitalizing Newark’s downtown, and he oversaw a drop in the notoriously high crime rate. Then there was the time that Booker rushed into a burning house and saved the life of one of his constituents. He seemed to have a knack for making the right … [Read more...] about Cory Booker Considers His Presidential Prospects

She may have scooped Cynthia Nixon's first TV interview in her bid to become New York's Governor, but daytime doyenne Wendy Williams wasn't about to change the format of her eponymous chat show. After her customary, "How you doin'?" it was was straight into a "hot topics" featuring Tiger Woods' travails and an attempted burglary at Viola Davis' home. When Nixon did appear, the would-be Governor of New York submitted her feet to the judgmental gaze, as every guest does, of Williams' "shoe-cam," revealing a pair of snakeskin-patterned slingbacks designed by Paul Andrew. The talk—and it was softball in the extreme—initially was of fashion and Sex and The City, not policy. There was no discussion of Christine Quinn's summation of Nixon as an "unqualified lesbian." Williams noted Nixon wasn't red-haired like Miranda Hobbes, Nixon's famous character from the show. "I'm blonde, with a little help nowadays," said Nixon. The ghost of Miranda is a complex one for Nixon right now. … [Read more...] about Cynthia Nixon Talks Legal Pot and Why She Was ‘Devastated’ By Sex and The City 2 With Wendy Williams

close Video Kurtz: 2020 candidates didn't break any new ground on policy 'MediaBuzz' host Howard Kurtz breaks down the 2020 Democratic debate. After a day of impeachment hearings with some devastating developments for President Trump, the fifth Democratic debate opened Wednesday night in Atlanta with everyone seeming a bit more nervous than usual, but then quickly settled into candidates delivering their respective campaign messages. While many expected the debate to focus attacks on the front runners – including the newly minted member of the club, South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg – that didn’t happen. However, Sen. Kamala Harris of California delivered a prosecutorial dissection of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii that was the attack everyone will remember, after the latter criticized the Democratic Party and Harris brought the receipts that Gabbard was never really a member of it. RISING BUTTIGIEG FENDS OFF ATTACKS, TAKES ON FAR-LEFT FLANK AT DEM … [Read more...] about Mary Anne Marsh: Fifth Democratic debate’s big winners and surprising losers

Got to admit he’s getting Booker. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Here we are again. For the fifth time in five months, a bafflingly numerous bunch of Democratic presidential candidates just spent two hours engaged in the talking points-recitation competition we bravely call a “debate” in our excuse for a democracy. And now, once again, you’re shouting into the void (and/or, Google’s search bar), demanding answers to questions like “Who won the Democratic debate?” or “Who were the winners of the Democratic debate?” And you expect me, or someone like me — a college-educated, New York City-based journalist who reads about politics all day every day, and is thus uniquely unqualified to see this tedious carnival through the eyes of the median Democratic voter — to tell you what it all added up to, in the end. Well, if you insist. Here are the five winners of the fifth Democratic debate: The New Jersey senator’s has … [Read more...] about 5 Winners From the Fifth Democratic Primary Debate