Democratic Debate #11 Review: Coronavirus Dominates & Joe Biden Starts Measuring The Oval Office Drapes For A Scared America

Joe Biden has some strong words for U.S. President Donald Trump.

By Bruce Haring

By Dominic Patten

Joe Biden's surge toward the Democratic presidential nomination rolled on Tuesday with a dominating victory in Florida, the largest delegate prize of the day, and win in Illinois and Arizona. Biden swept to easy victories in Florida and Illinois on Tuesday, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic presidential primary upended by the coronavirusand building pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign.

Update 3/16/20: CNN has now made Sunday's full debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders available to watch online, with a six-part video series posted to its website. The two-hour debate, which took place on March 15, focused heavily on the candidates' proposed responses to the coronavirus pandemic as well as their own policy issues and plans, including Biden's commitment to choosing a woman as vice president and nominating a black woman for the Supreme Court.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders sought in Sunday's debate to cast themselves as best-positioned to lead the nation through a global pandemic, with Biden pledging to deploy the military to help with recovery efforts and Sanders using the crisis to pitch his long-sought overhaul of the country's health care system.

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders committed to having female vice presidents if either of them becomes the president of the United States of America. During the latest Democratic Debate on Sunday, former Vice President Biden revealed that he plans to have a female running mate if he secures the Democratic nomination.

The coronavirus was a topic heavily discussed by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden during the latest Democratic debate on Sunday night. While the debate was originally set to take place in Phoenix, Arizona, it was moved to Washington, D.C.

Standing six feet apart on an airless and suddenly sparse Democratic debate stage, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders set the tone for a particularly somber and unusual night. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders offered conflicting visions for coronavirus response in the Democratic debate on Sunday night.

It’s understatement to say that things have changed since the candidates gathered for the last Democratic debate, on February 25. Following a shocking Super Tuesday and subsequent state primaries, we’re down to just two major presidential candidates: former Vice President Joe Biden, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

Tonight, the two major candidates remaining in the 2020 Democratic primary race will finally debate in hopes of securing their nomination for this year's presidential election. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will go head-to-head on-stage from the CNN studio in Washington, D.C., after the event was relocated from the Arizona Federal Theatre in Phoenix as a result of the continued spread of the coronavirus.

The Democratic National Committee is moving Sunday's presidential debate from Arizona to Washington, D.C., because of concerns about coronavirus. The party had already announced that the debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders would be held without a live audience.

There have been some major changes in plans for the upcoming Democratic Primary debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

By Ted Johnson

By Ted Johnson

Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president's victory there, as well as in Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden's path to the nomination.

By Dominic Patten

The next Democratic National Committee debate will feature all qualifying candidates, but the event may be more notable for an element that will be missing.