The big picture on what we saw last night, how the Harris/Biden exchange represents so many issues in this primary, Buttigieg’s comments on policing in South Bend, some notable closing remarks, and the ratings for these debates actually broke records.

Links:

• Democratic Presidential Debate - June 27 (Full) (YouTube/NBC News)
• Full Transcript: Night 2 of the Democratic Presidential Debates (NYT)
• Women candidates, on average, spoke more than men in the first Democratic debate [updated for night 2: still true!] (Vox) 
• Breakdown of time spent per night from Washington Post (Twitter/Post Graphics)
• Andrew Yang had less than 3 minutes of debating. Here’s what he’d say if he had more. (Miami Herald)
• Kamala Harris Says She Actually Wouldn’t Abolish Private Health Insurance (NY Mag)
• Harris tweet showing photo of herself as a child (re: bussing) (Twitter/Kamala Harris)
• Kamala Harris was the Democrat you could imagine taking on Trump (Vox)
• Biden’s Bad Night Exposed Some Dangerous Weaknesses (NY Mag)
• More than 15 million viewers tuned into the first Democratic debate of the 2020 race (CNN) 
• Harris, Biden face-off is highest-rated Democratic primary debate in history (CNN)
• First Democratic debate draws over 15 million live viewers [2015] (CNN)

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