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Is it any surprise that CNN, the home of saturation coverage and interminable countdown clocks, would try to wring more airtime out of the debates?

In a television spectacle that CNN is unlikely to nominate for upcoming awards shows, the cable network spent 40 minutes dividing the 20 qualifying candidates into two groups.

I posed as a mock debate stand-in for the production team of NBC in order to predict debate patterns and candidate behavior. I assisted with production and candidate logistics of the last debate to ensure a perfect run of the show when aired and the safety of candidates. I also collaborated with the

Por supuesto que los hablantes nativos del español evalúan los esfuerzos de los candidatos. Después de los debates, The Miami Herald calificó el desempeño de todos los que intentaron hablar el idioma. O’Rourke obtuvo la nota más alta: B.

Joe Biden says he's "looking forward to" a chance to debate President Trump, the former VP told CNN's Chris Cuomo in an interview airing Friday. "You walk behind me in the debate. Come here, man. The idea that I'd be intimidated by Donald Trump. He's the bully that I knew my whole life. He's the

Among the losers in the Democrats’ opening presidential debate was NBC News. Faced with an unmanageable number of candidates, an awkward format, and miscast moderators — not to mention serious technical glitches — the network took a difficult situation and made it worse.

Nearly 18.1 million Americans watched live on NBC, MSNBC, and Telemundo as 10 candidates clashed. The broadcast included a riveting exchange between Senator Kamala Harris of California and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

NBC’s presidential debate in Miami on Thursday — seven months before the Iowa caucuses — broke the record for the biggest television audience for a Democratic primary matchup, a sign of widespread early engagement with the 2020 race.

Ten Democratic candidates faced off in the second night of the first presidential debate Thursday evening. The four highest-polling candidates on stage dominated discussion, while the other six fought for air time.

Former vice president Joe Biden — who faced the most attacks from fellow candidates — walked away with the highest speaking time. Biden (13.6 minutes), the top-polling candidate coming into the debate, spoke more than four times as long as former tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang (3 minutes). Last night

Cuando Beto O’Rourke abrió el primer debate demócrata al responder en español una pregunta sobre las tasas impositivas, pareció llamar la atención del senador Cory Booker.

Si la importancia de los votantes latinos para los demócratas estaba en duda (no lo estaba), la noche del miércoles fue una prueba de que los demócratas quieren apelar a ellos.